Impostors : literary hoaxes and cultural authenticity /

Writing a new page in the surprisingly long history of literary deceit, Impostors examines a series of literary hoaxes, deceptions that involved flagrant acts of cultural appropriation. This book looks at authors who posed as people they were not, in order to claim a different ethnic, class, or othe...

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Main Author:	Miller, Christopher L., 1953- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Literary forgeries and mystifications. Hoaxes. French literature > History and criticism. African literature (French) > History and criticism. American literature > History and criticism. African literature (French) American literature. French literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.