The Deceivers — Briefel Bowdoin Faculty the stories reveal a bygone

the stories reveal a bygone era and many have the ring of true experience

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The Deceivers — Briefel Bowdoin Faculty the stories reveal a bygoneBy Aviva BriefelProfessor of English and Cinema Studies The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in art forgery, caused both by the advent of national museums and by a rapidly growing bourgeois interest in collecting objects from the past. This rise had profound repercussions on notions of selfhood and national identity within and outside the realm of art. Although art critics denounced forgery for its affront to artistic traditions,