Who's Who?: Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian LiteratureMaggie Nolan, Carrie Dawson Brings together for the first time essays that consider a range of high-profile cases of literary hoaxing, identity crisis or imposture in Australian literature. Critics explore the history of hoaxing and imposture, and consider the cultural and political issues at stake. Nolan at Australian Catholic University. |
Contents
Imposture National | 1 |
Demidenko and the Problems | 14 |
Reading Carey Reading Malley | 28 |
Popular Authorship | 56 |
or Who Really Killed | 74 |
Mudrooroo and Demidenko | 89 |
Crafty Impostor or Rebel with a Cause? | 101 |
Carmens Coming | 134 |
Marlo Morgan and the Fabrication | 149 |
The Khouri Affair | 165 |
Notes on Contributors | 178 |
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