Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds - Hardcover

Katsoulis, Melissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1602397945 ISBN 13: 9781602397941

Verlag: SKYHORSE PUB, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 328 pages; Description: vi, 328 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History. Summary: The ultimate reader's-guide to the works that fooled publishers, readers, and critics the world over--from Dionysius the Renegade to modern publishing pranks such as the Hitler Diaries.

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Críticas

With well-researched irony and straight-faced humor, British writer Katsoulis pulls the covers off of several notorious literary frauds.... For those intrigued by the notion of literary hoaxes, this is an entertaining guide.

[A]n excellent and informative survey of a fascinating and often newsworthy subject. --David Pitt

Reseña del editor

A lighthearted reader's guide to sophisticated literary works that tricked publishers, readers, and critics throughout history covers everything from Dionysus the Renegade's fraudulent Sophocles text in 400 BC to Clifford Irving's fake Howard Hughes autobiography.

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• Verlag: SKYHORSE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1602397945
• ISBN 13: 9781602397941
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328