Latham, Sean, 1971-
The art of scandal modernism, libel law, and the roman �a clef / [electronic resource] : Sean Latham. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 202 p.) : ill. - Modernist literature & culture . - Modernist literature & culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Latham proposes that writers and readers throughout the early 20th century revived the codes and habits of the roman �a 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.
9780199869053 (ebook) : No price
Romans �a clef--History and criticism.--Great Britain
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Scandals in literature.
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
Libel and slander in literature.
Law and literature--History--Great Britain--20th century.
PR888.M63
820.9112
The art of scandal modernism, libel law, and the roman �a clef / [electronic resource] : Sean Latham. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 202 p.) : ill. - Modernist literature & culture . - Modernist literature & culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Latham proposes that writers and readers throughout the early 20th century revived the codes and habits of the roman �a 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.
9780199869053 (ebook) : No price
Romans �a clef--History and criticism.--Great Britain
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Scandals in literature.
Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
Libel and slander in literature.
Law and literature--History--Great Britain--20th century.
PR888.M63
820.9112