TY - BOOK AU - Latham,Sean TI - The art of scandal: modernism, libel law, and the roman à clef T2 - Modernist literature & culture SN - 0195379993 (hbk.) : U1 - 820.9112 L S A 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Law and literature KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Romans à clef KW - History and criticism KW - English fiction KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - Scandals in literature KW - Libel and slander in literature KW - Truthfulness and falsehood in literature N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-195) and index; Introduction: fact, fiction, and pleasure -- True fictions and false histories: the secret rise of the roman à clef -- Open secrets and hidden truths: Wilde and Freud -- Libel: policing the laws of fiction -- The novel at the bar: Joyce, Lewis, and libel -- The coterie as commodity: Huxley, Lawrence, Rhys, and the business of revenge ER -