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

Publication Data

• Title The art of scandal : modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef
• Author Sean Latham
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Oxford
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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

The art of scandal : modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef by Sean Latham. ISBN 9780195379990. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.