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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... come to that volume we peruse at present . There is no variation in the steps . After we know one , we know all of them ; and after we have made one , we can have no scruple as to the rest . This circumstance alone preserves the ...
... come to that volume we peruse at present . There is no variation in the steps . After we know one , we know all of them ; and after we have made one , we can have no scruple as to the rest . This circumstance alone preserves the ...
Page 108
... come into use , upon a thousand occa- sions that we cannot at present foresee . . . . But I think the first care is due to these noble remains of ancient genius , which are in so much greater danger of perishing because so much harder ...
... come into use , upon a thousand occa- sions that we cannot at present foresee . . . . But I think the first care is due to these noble remains of ancient genius , which are in so much greater danger of perishing because so much harder ...
Page 145
... come to be written . Rowley's short biography , " Life of W : Canynge " ( Works , 1 : 228–35 ) complemented " A Brief Account , " which was biography - in - autobiogra- phy . In " Life of W : Canynge , " Chatterton conducted a ...
... come to be written . Rowley's short biography , " Life of W : Canynge " ( Works , 1 : 228–35 ) complemented " A Brief Account , " which was biography - in - autobiogra- phy . In " Life of W : Canynge , " Chatterton conducted a ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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