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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... nature . Two years later , in the Reliques , Percy noted that " nature and common sense had supplied to these old simple bards the want of intricate art , and taught them some of the most essential rules of Epic Poetry . " 12 The tone ...
... nature . Two years later , in the Reliques , Percy noted that " nature and common sense had supplied to these old simple bards the want of intricate art , and taught them some of the most essential rules of Epic Poetry . " 12 The tone ...
Page 125
... nature of the forgery is that some pieces , like this one , were not " edited " by Chatterton and have no designated author . The language is Rowleyese , so we can assume the author was Rowley or someone of the same period . The poem ...
... nature of the forgery is that some pieces , like this one , were not " edited " by Chatterton and have no designated author . The language is Rowleyese , so we can assume the author was Rowley or someone of the same period . The poem ...
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... natural topics for such bards to have chosen - too natural - too artless , for fraud to have se- lected " ( p . 165 ) . Breaking this down further , there were five poetical markers or " allusions ” ( p . 165 ) of this naturalness . The ...
... natural topics for such bards to have chosen - too natural - too artless , for fraud to have se- lected " ( p . 165 ) . Breaking this down further , there were five poetical markers or " allusions ” ( p . 165 ) of this naturalness . The ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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