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The art of scandal : modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef /

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Latham proposes that writers and readers throughout the early 20th century revived the codes and habits of the roman à clef as part of a larger assault on Victorian realism - modernism. He elaborates a concept of modernism that weaves coterie culture with the mass media, psychology with celebrity, a...

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Main Author: Latham, Sean, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Modernist literature & culture.
Subjects:
Romans à clef > Great Britain > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Scandals in literature.
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
Libel and slander in literature.
Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Roman à clé > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
Scandales dans la littérature.
Mensonge dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
Law and literature
Libel and slander in literature
Modernism (Literature)
Romans à clef
Scandals in literature
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature
Great Britain
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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