The art of scandal : modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Modernist literature & culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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, and literature with the law. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199869053 0199869057 0199922934 9780199922932 0199701784 9780199701780 9786612267406 6612267402 9780195379990 0195379993 |