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 FictionThe 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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... Adam Smith and Hugh Blair , in their different Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres , both discussed the history of historians , and both began with the poet . Reservations about the endorsement of the bard as historian were strong ...
... Adam Smith and Hugh Blair , in their different Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres , both discussed the history of historians , and both began with the poet . Reservations about the endorsement of the bard as historian were strong ...
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... Adam Smith : " The poets were the first historians of any . . . . the oldest original writings in Latin , Italian , French , English and Scots are all poets . " 96 It was precisely this monop- oly that was so disturbing . History was ...
... Adam Smith : " The poets were the first historians of any . . . . the oldest original writings in Latin , Italian , French , English and Scots are all poets . " 96 It was precisely this monop- oly that was so disturbing . History was ...
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... Adam Smith ,. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles - Lettres ( London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. , 1963 ) , 86 . 62. Ibid . 63. Bolingbroke , Letters , 98–99 . 64. Robert Wood , An Essay on the Original Genius of Homer ( London ...
... Adam Smith ,. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles - Lettres ( London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. , 1963 ) , 86 . 62. Ibid . 63. Bolingbroke , Letters , 98–99 . 64. Robert Wood , An Essay on the Original Genius of Homer ( London ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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