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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Page 98
... hand down the memorable actions of their forefathers . As the aera of Fingal , on account of Ossian's poems , was ... hands , for the public's inspection " ( p . 226 ) . As the next chapter will show , it was not the anthologists ...
... hand down the memorable actions of their forefathers . As the aera of Fingal , on account of Ossian's poems , was ... hands , for the public's inspection " ( p . 226 ) . As the next chapter will show , it was not the anthologists ...
Page 141
... hand - in- hand . Chatterton was shrewd enough , however , to note the political dimensions of the scene he drew . The barons ' Chatterton : Literary Transmission 141.
... hand - in- hand . Chatterton was shrewd enough , however , to note the political dimensions of the scene he drew . The barons ' Chatterton : Literary Transmission 141.
Page 168
... hand information about the Glenallen family , to which Lovel belonged . Oldbuck , Ochiltree , and the Highlander Hector went to her cottage to obtain a recorded statement . They heard her singing a ballad . Oldbuck was electrified . We ...
... hand information about the Glenallen family , to which Lovel belonged . Oldbuck , Ochiltree , and the Highlander Hector went to her cottage to obtain a recorded statement . They heard her singing a ballad . Oldbuck was electrified . We ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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