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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... human experience . Locke's endorsement of the MS as the basic " voucher " of historical knowledge ended an interesting argument . Book four of the Essay Con- cerning Human Understanding is “ Of Knowledge and Opinion . " The rele- vant ...
... human experience . Locke's endorsement of the MS as the basic " voucher " of historical knowledge ended an interesting argument . Book four of the Essay Con- cerning Human Understanding is “ Of Knowledge and Opinion . " The rele- vant ...
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... human nature , hath filled that void with events calculated to display its own antiquity , and lustre . And history , which ought to record truth and teach wisdom , often sets out with retailing fictions and absurdities . . . relying ...
... human nature , hath filled that void with events calculated to display its own antiquity , and lustre . And history , which ought to record truth and teach wisdom , often sets out with retailing fictions and absurdities . . . relying ...
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... Human Understanding ( London : Fontana , 1968 ) , 412 . 20. Henry Saint John , Viscount Bolingbroke , Letters on the Study and Use of History ( London : A. Miller , 1752 ) , 64 . 21. William Warburton , A Critical and Philosophical ...
... Human Understanding ( London : Fontana , 1968 ) , 412 . 20. Henry Saint John , Viscount Bolingbroke , Letters on the Study and Use of History ( London : A. Miller , 1752 ) , 64 . 21. William Warburton , A Critical and Philosophical ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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