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Forgery beyond deceit : fabrication, value, and the desire for ancient Rome / edited by John North Hopkins and Scott McGill

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
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Hopkins, John North and McGill, Scott, 1968-
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What do forgeries do? This book explores that question with a focus on forgery in ancient Rome and of ancient Rome. Its chapters reach from antiquity to the twentieth century and cover literature and art, the two areas that predominate in forgery studies, as well as the forgery of physical books, coins, and religious relics. The book examines the cultural, historical, and rhetorical functions of forgery that extend beyond the desire to deceive and profit. It analyses forgery in connection with related phenomena like pseudepigraphy, fakes, and copies; and it investigates the aesthetic and historical value that forgeries possess when scholarship takes seriously their form, content, and varied uses within and across cultures.
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9780191965661 ebook
Audience Notes
Specialized.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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