The fake presupposes the genuine. The fake author implies the real author, and fake literature presupposes real literature. But literature itself is often about— perhaps fundamentally about—successfully faking it. However, the concern and hostility with which literary public culture has responded to fake authors and what is deemed to be their “fake” literature suggests that the notions of real authors and literature remain centrally important.
History
Journal
Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature : JASAL
Volume
3
Pagination
57 - 65
Publisher
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
Location
Toowoomba, Qld
ISSN
1447-8986
eISSN
1833-6027
Language
eng
Notes
Also Titled: JASAL
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article