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Author Schweighauser, Philipp, author.

Title Beautiful deceptions : European aesthetics, the early American novel, and illusionist art / Philipp Schweighauser
Published Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, 2016

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Contents Introduction -- Aesthetics, politics, and the early American novel -- Political deceptions and sensory delusions -- The right to deception -- Visual artifice -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 9, 2016)
Subject Art, American -- 18th century
Art, Modern -- 18th century -- History.
Deception -- In art
Hallucinations and illusions in art.
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
Deception in literature.
Illusion in literature.
ART -- History -- General.
American literature -- Colonial period
Art, American
Art, Modern
Deception
Deception in literature
Hallucinations and illusions in art
Illusion in literature
Genre/Form Art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813939032
0813939038
0813939046
9780813939049
Other Titles European aesthetics, the early American novel, and illusionist art