Research Catalog

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

Title
The art of scandal : modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef / Sean Latham.
Author
Latham, Sean, 1971-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
Book/TextUse in library PR888.M63 L37 2009Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description
xiii, 202 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Modernist literature & culture
Uniform Title
Modernist literature & culture
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-195) and index.
Contents
Introduction: fact, fiction, and pleasure -- True fictions and false histories: the secret rise of the roman à clef -- Open secrets and hidden truths: Wilde and Freud -- Libel: policing the laws of fiction -- The novel at the bar: Joyce, Lewis, and libel -- The coterie as commodity: Huxley, Lawrence, Rhys, and the business of revenge.
ISBN
  • 9780195379990 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0195379993 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008033717
OCLC
  • ocn237402600
  • SCSB-14512797
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library