{"product_id":"beautiful-untrue-things-9781487502904","title":"Beautiful Untrue Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful Untrue Things explores the astonishing flurry of Oscar Wilde forgeries that circulated in the early twentieth century, offering an innovative reading that considers literary forgery a form of fan fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The study illuminates in meticulous detail the paradoxical relationship between forgery and authenticity in the Wildean sense: a good fake makes a good original. In four chapters Mackie maps out the structures of the meta-canon of Wilde’s literary afterlife.\" -- Katharina Herold * \u003cem\u003eThe Wildean\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful Untrue Things offers an insightful and fascinating exploration of Wilde’s many afterlives. Through well-selected case studies, Mackie illuminates key forgers, while introducing a myriad of others for further and future exploration. For readers new to Wilde and unfamiliar with his literary and theatrical oeuvre, Mackie offers necessary background to introduce his life and writing. For scholars of Wilde, Victorian literature, or Modernism, Beautiful Untrue Things provides an incisive discussion of this key figure, by both resituating him within his cultural context and reframing him for twenty-first century readers.\" -- Brittany Reid * \u003cem\u003eThe Ormsby Review\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Mackie's study is certainly both extensively researched and beautifully written; his own fandom may be sensed in his allusive prose and clever headings. This book represents a substantial contribution to the study of Wilde's afterlife and itself demonstrates the attraction of adding to Wilde's story.\" -- Aaron Eames * \u003cem\u003eRomance, Revolution \u0026amp; Reform\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful Untrue Things offers an insightful and fascinating exploration of Wilde’s many afterlives. Through well-selected case studies, Mackie illuminates key forgers, while introducing a myriad of others for further and future exploration. For readers new to Wilde and unfamiliar with his literary and theatrical oeuvre, Mackie offers necessary background to introduce his life and writing. For scholars of Wilde, Victorian literature, or Modernism, Beautiful Untrue Things provides an incisive discussion of this key figure, by both resituating him within his cultural context and reframing him for twenty-first century readers. By focusing on the forgers rather than the forged subject, Mackie details the processes of myth-making and not their hagiographic results.\" -- Brittany Reid * \u003cem\u003eThe Ormsby Review\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgements   Introduction: The Truth of Fakes    1. The Importance of Being Authentic 2. The Picture of Dorian Hope  3. Pen, Pencil, and Planchette  4. The Devoted Fraud   Conclusion: The Teacher of Fandom    Notes Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187719397719,"sku":"9781487502904","price":50.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beautiful-untrue-things-9781487502904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}