Establishing the text 3: interpolation, collaboration, and intertextuality
Richard Tarrant
‘Forgery’ is no doubt a convenient term. Yet it should now be asked how far useful or correct. The word exudes an odour of personal guilt and criminal handiwork; the intent to defraud at least deceive; notions legal penalty redress may not distant … All in all, ‘imposture’ will often prove more helpful designation than ‘forgery’ A large number literary impostures any age have been perpetrated without serious purpose hope deceiving reader Most important, deed deception actually intended seen through sooner later.(Syme (1983), 8)
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