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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... called Julius Caesar ; that he was a general , and that he won a battle against another , called Pompey . This , though in the nature of the thing there be nothing for nor against it , yet being related by historians of credit , and ...
... called Julius Caesar ; that he was a general , and that he won a battle against another , called Pompey . This , though in the nature of the thing there be nothing for nor against it , yet being related by historians of credit , and ...
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... called The Polite Correspondence said altho ' the Songs of the ancient Druids have been swallow'd up in Oblivion , yet there are still some Remains of British Poetry twelve hundred Years old , I mean the works of Taliesin a British Bard ...
... called The Polite Correspondence said altho ' the Songs of the ancient Druids have been swallow'd up in Oblivion , yet there are still some Remains of British Poetry twelve hundred Years old , I mean the works of Taliesin a British Bard ...
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... called the Unknown Knyght or the Tournament . I offered this as a sample , having two more Cento's — The Author Unknown . ( Works , 1:23 ) The format was unspecific : the poem was " ancient , " not dated . The presentation of a jousting ...
... called the Unknown Knyght or the Tournament . I offered this as a sample , having two more Cento's — The Author Unknown . ( Works , 1:23 ) The format was unspecific : the poem was " ancient , " not dated . The presentation of a jousting ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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