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Author:   Walter Stephens (Charles S Singleton Professor of italian Studies, The Johns Hopkins University) ,  Earle A. Havens (Curator of Rare Books, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Janet E. Gomez (Georgetown University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781421426877

ISBN 10:   1421426870
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Forgery's Valhalla Walter Stephens and Earle A. Havens 1. Hoax and Forgery, Whimsy and Fraud: Taxonomic Reflections on the Bibliotheca Fictiva Arthur Freeman 2. Babelic Confusion: Literary Forgery and the Bibliotheca Fictiva Earle A. Havens 3. Forgery, Misattribution, and a Case of Secondary Pseudonymity: Aethicus Ister's Cosmographia and Its Early Modern Multiplications Frederic Clark 4. Marvelous History: Authority and Credibility in Medieval Histories of Troy E. R. Truitt 5. Forging Relations between East and West: The Invented Letters of Sultan Mehmed II James K. Coleman 6. Fashioning Noah: How a Forger Turned an Etruscan God into a Biblical Figure Shana D. O'Connell 7. Annius of Viterbo as a Student of the Jews: The Sources of His Information Anthony Grafton 8. Exposing the Archforger: Annius of Viterbo's First Master Critic Walter Stephens 9. Inventing Gallic Antiquities in Renaissance France Richard Cooper 10. Material and Textual Forgery in the Lead Books of Granada A. Katie Harris 11. Melchior Inchofer, S.J., and the Letter of the Virgin Mary to the Citizens of Messina Ingrid D. Rowland 12. ""Make Way for the Ghost!"" Forgery, Patriotic Mythology, and the Living Dead Kate E. Tunstall 13. England's Ireland, Ireland's England: William Henry Ireland's National Offense Jack Lynch Contributors Index"

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Walter Stephens is the Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Earle A. Havens is the Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University. Janet E. Gomez earned her PhD in Italian from Johns Hopkins University. Together, the three served as co-curators of the 2014 rare book exhibition of the Bibliotheca Fictiva collection and accompanying catalogue, Fakes, Lies, and Forgeries.

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