Literary forgeries and mystifications
Here are entered works on literature of spurious authorship. Works on forgery as a theme in literature are entered under Forgery in literature.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800
- Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History
- Literary ethics
- Frauds, Literary
- Literary frauds
- Literary hoaxes
- Literary mystifications
- Mystifications, Literary
- Literary forgery
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Fragments of Ancient Poetry, by James Macpherson, contrib. by John J. Dunn (Gutenberg text)- Le Taensa a-t-il Eté Forgé de Toutes Pièces? Réponse à M. D.G. Brinton (in French; Paris: Maisonneuve Frères et C. Leclerc, 1885), by Lucien Adam (multiple formats at Google)
- Le Taensa n'a pas Été Forgé de Toutes Pièces: Lettre de M. Friedrich Müller à Lucien Adam (in French and German; Paris: Maisonneuve Frères et C. Leclerc, 1885), by Friedrich Müller (multiple formats at Google)
- An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and Other Bards Who Flourished in the Same Age (Montrose, Scotland: Printed by J. Watt, 1816), by Hugh M'Callum and John M'Callum
- The Poems of Ossian, To Which Are Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse and Dissertation on the Aera and Poems of Ossian (Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1851), by James Macpherson, contrib. by Hugh Blair (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Poetical Works of Ossian (text from the Crosby and Nichols edition of 1863), by James Macpherson, contrib. by Hugh Blair (HTML with commentary at Ex-Classics)
- The Taensa Grammar and Dictionary: A Deception Exposed (reprinted from the American Antiquarian, March 1885), by Daniel G. Brinton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Temora: An Epic Poem, by James Macpherson (HTML with commentary at Auburn)
- Grammaire et Vocabulaire de la Langue Taensa, Avec Textes Traduits et Commentés (in French; Paris: Maisonneuve et cie, 1882), by J. Parisot, Lucien Adam, and A. Dejouy
- Shakspere and the Ireland Forgeries (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930), by Derk Bodde (page images at HathiTrust)
- Literary Cookery, With Reference to Matter Attributed to Coleridge and Shakespeare: A Letter Addressed to "The Athenaeum", With a Postscript Containing Some Remarks Upon the Refusal of That Journal to Print It (London: J.R. Smith, 1855), by Andrew Edmund Brae
- The Rowley Poems, by Thomas Chatterton, ed. by Maurice Evan Hare (HTML with commentary at exclassics.com)
- An Inquiry Into the Authenticity of Certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments, Published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV, and Attributed to Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton: Illustrated By Fac-Similes of The Genuine Hand-writing of That Nobleman, and of Her Majesty; A New Fac-simile of The Hand-Writing of Shakspeare, Never Before Exhibited; and Other Authentic Documents: In a Letter Addressed to The Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont (London: Printed by H. Baldwin for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796), by Edmond Malone
- Vortigern: An Historical Play, With an Original Preface (London: J. Thomas, 1832), by W. H. Ireland (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Authentic Account of the Shaksperian Manuscripts, by W. H. Ireland (HTML at jacklynch.net)
- An Inquiry Into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Collier's Annotated Shakspere, Folio 1632, and of Certain Shaksperian Documents Likewise Published by Mr. Collier (London: R. Bentley, 1860), by N. E. S. A. Hamilton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays From Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio in the Possession of J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A. (New York: Redfield, 1853), by John Payne Collier
- A Complete View of the Shakspere Controversy, Concerning the Authenticity and Genuineness of Manuscript Matter Affecting the Works and Biography of Shakspere, Published by Mr. J. Payne Collier as the Fruits of His Researches (London: Nattali and Bond, 1861), by C. M. Ingleby (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Review of "An Inquiry Into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Collier's Annotatated Shakspere, Folio, 1632; and of Certain Shaksperian Documents Likewise Published by Mr. Collier", by N. E. S. A Hamilton (Bentley) (anonymous review attributed to Dixon, with Collier's reply to Hamilton's inquiry; New York: Printed for private circulation by C. W. Frederickson, 1860), by William Hepworth Dixon, contrib. by John Payne Collier
- Tacitus and Bracciolini: The Annals Forged in the XVth Century (1878), by John Wilson Ross (Gutenberg text)
- The Ethics of Criticism (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1988), by Tobin Siebers (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Literary Ethics: An Oration Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838, by Ralph Waldo Emerson (HTML at emersoncentral.com)
- Who Owns This Text?: Plagiarism, Authorship, and Disciplinary Cultures (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2009), ed. by Carol Peterson Haviland and Joan A. Mullin (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age (2008), ed. by Caroline Eisner and Martha Vicinus (HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)
- Ueber Plagiate: Eine Deuterologie (in Geran; Berlin: K. W. Krüger, 1851), by K. W. Krüger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder Concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct Against Professor Ward Churchill (2006), by University of Colorado, Boulder (PDF at du.edu)
- International Journal for Educational Integrity (full serial archives)
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Filed under: Anonyms and pseudonyms- A Concise Handbook of Ancient and Modern Literature, Issued Either Anonymously, Under Pseudonyms, or Initials (London: The author, 1896), by Frederick Marchmont (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Pseudonyms of Authors, Including Anonyms and Initialisms (originally published 1882), by John Edward Haynes
- An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and Conversation (with appendix; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), by William A. Wheeler, contrib. by Charles G. Wheeler (multiple formats at archive.org)
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- Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises (first series; New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1885), by William Cushing
- Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises (second series; New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1888), by William Cushing (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dime Novel Authors, 1860-1900 (Grafton, MA: R. F. Cummings, 1933), by William Cleveland Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain: Including the Works of Foreigners Written In, or Translated Into the English Language (4 volumes; Edinburgh: W. Paterson, 1882-1888), by Samuel Halkett and John Laing, ed. by Catherine Laing, contrib. by Henry B. Wheatley
- Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises (first series; New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1885), by William Cushing
- Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises (second series; New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1888), by William Cushing (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dime Novel Authors, 1860-1900 (Grafton, MA: R. F. Cummings, 1933), by William Cleveland Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Psychology of Fake News: Accepting, Sharing, and Correcting Misinformation (London: Routledge, 2020), ed. by Rainer Greifeneder, Mariela E. Jaffé, Eryn J. Newman, and Norbert Schwarz (Javascript-dependent PDF files with commentary at taylorfrancis.com)
- You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polluted Information (prepublication edition; 2020), by Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner (HTML at pubpub.org)
- The Celebrated Moon Story: Its Origin and Incidents; With a Memoir of the Author, and an Appendix, Containing, I. An Authentic Description of the Moon; II. A New Theory of the Lunar Surface in Relation to That of the Earth (New York: Bunnell and Price, 1852), by Richard Adams Locke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Moon Hoax: or, A Discovery That the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human Beings (New York: W. Gowans, 1859), by Richard Adams Locke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Moon Walk 1835: Was Neil Armstrong Really the First Man on the Moon? (1990 edition of Locke's "Great Astronomical Discoveries..."), by Richard Adams Locke, ed. by C. W. Tazewell (HTML at archive.org)
- Bad Ideas About Writing (Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Libraries Digital Publishing Institute, c2017), ed. by Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe (PDF with commentary at wvu.edu)
- Whose Book is it Anyway? A View From Elsewhere on Publishing, Copyright and Creativity (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2019), ed. by Janis Jefferies and Sarah Kember (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Signature Pieces: On the Institution of Authorship (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1988), by Peggy Kamuf (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- The Work of Authorship (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014), ed. by Mireille M. M. van Eechoud (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
- A Vindication of the Press (1718) (Augustan Reprint Society publication #29; Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1951), by Daniel Defoe, contrib. by Clinton Williams (Gutenberg text)
- The Psychology of Writing Success (New York: The Business bourse, 1933), ed. by J. George Frederick, contrib. by A. A. Brill, Thyra Samter Winslow, Mary Austin, Floyd Dell, and Thomas H. Uzzell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Writer's Book: A Compendium of Information Upon Matters Pertaining to the Trade of Authorship (Franklin, OH: J. K. Reeve, c1922), by James Knapp Reeve (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Act of Writing: A Media Theory Approach, by Daniel Chandler (Word with commentary in the UK)
- The Art of Short Story Writing (Cincinnati: Publishers Syndicate, 1910), by George Randolph Chester
- The Art of Story Writing: Facts and Information About Literary Work of Practical Value of Both Amateur and Professional Writers (New York: Sully and Kleinteich, 1913), by Nathaniel C. Fowler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Author's Craft, by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- The Author's Year Book and Guide for 1904: Including Some 600 Names and Addresses of Publishers and Publications to Whom Manuscripts May be Sold (1904), ed. by W. E. Price (page images at HathiTrust)
- Beyond Life: Dizain des Demiurges (New York: R. M. McBride and Co., 1919), by James Branch Cabell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Craftsmanship of Writing (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1920), by Frederic Taber Cooper (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Fiction Factory: Being the Experience of a Writer Who, for Twenty-Two Years, Has Kept a Story-Mill Grinding Successfully (published under "John Milton Edwards" pen name; Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, c1912), by William Wallace Cook
- If You Don't Write Fiction (New York: R. M. McBride Co., 1920), by Charles Phelps Cushing (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Intentions (London: Methuen and Co., 1913), by Oscar Wilde (Gutenberg text)
- Intentions: The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks (New York: Brentano's, 1905), by Oscar Wilde, contrib. by Percival Pollard
- How to Write and Sell a Novel (revised from Why Write a Novel?; New York: Woodford Press, 1948), by Jack Woodford (page images at HathiTrust)
- Trials of Authorship: Anterior Forms and Poetic Reconstruction from Wyatt to Shakespeare (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), by Jonathan V. Crewe (HTML at UC Press)
- The Art of Inventing Characters (Franklin, OH: J. K. Reeve, 1922), by Georges Polti, trans. by Lucille Ray (page images at HathiTrust)
- My Maiden Effort: Being the Personal Confessions of Well-Known American Authors as to Their Literary Beginnings (Garden City, NY and Toronto: Pub. for the Authors' League of America by Doubleday, Page and Co., 1921), ed. by Gelett Burgess (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Books Fatal to Their Authors, by P. H. Ditchfield (Gutenberg text)
- Conjectures on Original Composition, by Edward Young (HTML at Toronto)
- Essays in the Art of Writing, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text)
- My First Book (London: Chatto and Windus, 1894), contrib. by Walter Besant, William Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, Israel Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Robert Williams Buchanan, and Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Principles of Success in Literature, by George Henry Lewes (Gutenberg text)
- The Principles of Success in Literature (London et al.: W. Scott Pub. Co., ca. 1898), by George Henry Lewes, ed. by T. Sharper Knowlson
- The Stories Editors Buy and Why (Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., c1921), ed. by Jean Wick (multiple formats at archive.org)
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