Philipp Schweighauser: 1 book
Beautiful Deceptions
European Aesthetics, the Early American Novel, and Illusionist Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
The art of the early republic abounds in representations of deception: the villains of Gothic novels deceive their victims with visual and acoustic tricks; the ordinary citizens of picaresque novels are hoodwinked by quacks and illiterate but shrewd adventurers; and innocent sentimental heroines fall...
