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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Page 47
... Milton's plans for an Arthuriad mark an appropriate place to begin discussion of the epic : not only because Milton was stimulating a debate about historical literature , but because Joseph Warton in the 1750s referred to Milton's ...
... Milton's plans for an Arthuriad mark an appropriate place to begin discussion of the epic : not only because Milton was stimulating a debate about historical literature , but because Joseph Warton in the 1750s referred to Milton's ...
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... Milton's interest in historical topics as subjects for major literature ran deeper than the passage from Mansus suggests . Milton had done much research . The Trinity MS records thirty - three proposals for British trag- edies . None of ...
... Milton's interest in historical topics as subjects for major literature ran deeper than the passage from Mansus suggests . Milton had done much research . The Trinity MS records thirty - three proposals for British trag- edies . None of ...
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... Milton , John , 47 , 49–50 , 53 Thomas Chatterton's Art ( Taylor ) , 11 , 12. Innes , Thomas , 27 , 37-39 Ireland , Samuel , 187 Ireland , W. H. , 22 , 50 , 185-90 Jeffreys , George , 60 Johnson , James , 116 Johnson , Samuel , 12 , 17 ...
... Milton , John , 47 , 49–50 , 53 Thomas Chatterton's Art ( Taylor ) , 11 , 12. Innes , Thomas , 27 , 37-39 Ireland , Samuel , 187 Ireland , W. H. , 22 , 50 , 185-90 Jeffreys , George , 60 Johnson , James , 116 Johnson , Samuel , 12 , 17 ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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