Forgery in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Fictions of Finance from Dickens to Wilde

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9780230612228
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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2009 9780230612228
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Malton examines the literary and cultural representation of the financial crime of forgery from the time of massive executions of forgers during the early nineteenth century to the forger's emergence as the ultimate criminal aesthete at the fin-de-siècle.

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ISBN13:9780230612228
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Remembering 'The Hard Coinage of Punishment': Forgery and the Legacy of Capital Legislation 'Only the Ledger Lives': Financial Disease and Deception at Mid-Century 'Apocryphal Business': Eroding Standards of Value At Home and Abroad The Criminal Aesthetic: Recapturing the Forger at the Fin-de-Siècle Toward Forgery's Modern Manifestations

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        Forgery in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture