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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... deep . The monkish MS would have been impure . In these terms should Ossian's “ disdain " be interpreted . is ther bad . Even more important was the focus of the encounter : " the mouth of wow , Ossian . " The bardic voice : the voice ...
... deep . The monkish MS would have been impure . In these terms should Ossian's “ disdain " be interpreted . is ther bad . Even more important was the focus of the encounter : " the mouth of wow , Ossian . " The bardic voice : the voice ...
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... deep as Ossianic times . Evans dated his MS as fourteenth - century , and the oldest of the poems as twelfth - century . But some still believed genuine primeval poems existed . In 1741 , a speaker in a work called The Polite ...
... deep as Ossianic times . Evans dated his MS as fourteenth - century , and the oldest of the poems as twelfth - century . But some still believed genuine primeval poems existed . In 1741 , a speaker in a work called The Polite ...
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... Deep in a cliff - encircled lawn , What time the glistening vapours fled From cloud - enveloped Clyder's head ; And on its sides the torrents gray Shone to the morning's orient ray . ( 11. 95-106 ) The transmission was preserved in warm ...
... Deep in a cliff - encircled lawn , What time the glistening vapours fled From cloud - enveloped Clyder's head ; And on its sides the torrents gray Shone to the morning's orient ray . ( 11. 95-106 ) The transmission was preserved in warm ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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