The Making of History: A Study of the Literary Forgeries of James Macpherson and Thomas Chatterton in Relation to Eighteenth-century Ideas of History and FictionFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1986 - 228 páginas The literary forgeries of James Macpherson and Thomas Chatterton are studied within the context of the eighteenth-century debate about the validity of using literature as a historical source and history as a literary topic. |
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Página 109
... once again been rifled by Macpherson , albeit fraudulently : • How strongly is one's curiosity piqued by the mention you make .. of the Epic Poem wrote in 570 [ the Gododin ] ... what a noble field for literary application to rescue ...
... once again been rifled by Macpherson , albeit fraudulently : • How strongly is one's curiosity piqued by the mention you make .. of the Epic Poem wrote in 570 [ the Gododin ] ... what a noble field for literary application to rescue ...
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... once with the accuracy of the antiquarian and the elegance of the man of general literature . " 12 So it could not be coincidence that in the decades in which the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the forgeries of Macpherson ...
... once with the accuracy of the antiquarian and the elegance of the man of general literature . " 12 So it could not be coincidence that in the decades in which the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the forgeries of Macpherson ...
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... once again , the MS . But Turner had no actual " original " MSS to talk about . He was forced to speculate about later records : My object is to authenticate the genuineness of such of them as I think beyond all dispute . . . . I am ...
... once again , the MS . But Turner had no actual " original " MSS to talk about . He was forced to speculate about later records : My object is to authenticate the genuineness of such of them as I think beyond all dispute . . . . I am ...
Contenido
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
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Otras 6 secciones no mostradas
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Aella ancient poetry anthologists anthology antiquarian Antiquary antiquity authentic ballad bard bardic Battle of Hastynges Bristol Britain Brystowe Tragedie Canynge Canynge's chapter Chatterton's vision culture Defoe dramatic Druids edition editor eighteenth century English epic Essay Evans fact Fingal Fingalian footnote forgeries Fragment Gallic genuine hero Highland historian historical fiction historiography history writing Homer Hugh Blair Hume Ibid imaginative Innes invention Ireland Irish James Macpherson John Johnson Joseph Ritson Joseph Warton King later letters literary literature Llywarch Hen Locke's London Macpher Macpherson and Chatterton minstrel modern narrative novel Oldbuck oral original Ossian past Percy Percy's piece play poem poet poetical preface present quoted records Redcliff reference regression Reliques Ritson Rowley's Saxon Scotland Scottish social history song sources story Temora Thomas Chatterton Thomas Percy Thomas Rowley tion translation transmission truth Turner verse voice vols Vortigern Warton Waverley Waverley novels William