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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... sexton there . He found many old deeds and MSS , some of which he brought home . The young Thomas grew up using these MSS as playthings . They were part of his life . So the wheezing Doctor Johnson , Chatterton : Literary Transmission 129.
... sexton there . He found many old deeds and MSS , some of which he brought home . The young Thomas grew up using these MSS as playthings . They were part of his life . So the wheezing Doctor Johnson , Chatterton : Literary Transmission 129.
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... brought to life : And also they the sd . Portreves on receipt of 20 Marks so agree to cut away part of the wooden Bridge from Elphege Street to the middle of Corporation Lane and thereby make a Passage for the Boats that bring Stones or ...
... brought to life : And also they the sd . Portreves on receipt of 20 Marks so agree to cut away part of the wooden Bridge from Elphege Street to the middle of Corporation Lane and thereby make a Passage for the Boats that bring Stones or ...
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... brought under the same canopy as Scott . Their aims were the same : the literary making of the past . Scott fashioned the dedicatory epistle to Ivanhoe as ' expressing the author's purpose and opinions in undertaking this spe- cies of ...
... brought under the same canopy as Scott . Their aims were the same : the literary making of the past . Scott fashioned the dedicatory epistle to Ivanhoe as ' expressing the author's purpose and opinions in undertaking this spe- cies of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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