Fake It: Fictions of Forgery

by Mark Osteen

Book Overview

How many layers of artifice can one artwork contain? How does forgery unsettle our notions of originality and creativity? Looking at both the literary and art worlds, Fake It investigates a set of fictional forgeries and hoaxes alongside their real-life inspirations and parallels. Mark Osteen shows how any forgery or hoax is only as good as its authenticating story--and demonstrates how forgeries foster fresh authorial identities while being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813946271
• ISBN13: 9780813946276
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"