Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781602397941 (1602397945)
Publish date: November 1st 2009
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
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This book takes us on a tour of famous literary hoaxes starting with Dionysius and his fake Sophocles through the Hilter Diaries and on to James Frey. The book does distinguish between hoaxes and plagiarism and explains the basic reasons people perpetrate hoaxes and then in very organized segments ...