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 43
... judge matters objectively . So many claims , like Hume's , that the " liberties " of the ancient poet have a " foundation " in fact , remained unsubstantiated . The formula was a traditional one in epic theory : history served as the ...
... judge matters objectively . So many claims , like Hume's , that the " liberties " of the ancient poet have a " foundation " in fact , remained unsubstantiated . The formula was a traditional one in epic theory : history served as the ...
Page 74
... judge , and pronounce " ( p . vii ) . It would have been a cunning move to have simply assumed authenticity and to have had the preface serve as literary criticism . The fact that Macpherson did the opposite shows his fascination with ...
... judge , and pronounce " ( p . vii ) . It would have been a cunning move to have simply assumed authenticity and to have had the preface serve as literary criticism . The fact that Macpherson did the opposite shows his fascination with ...
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... judge- ment of Johnson on Ossian : “ As a modern production , it is nothing . " Rowley to Chatterton In the remaining works of the forgery , there was an ascendancy of imaginative historical pieces over antiquarian treatises . However ...
... judge- ment of Johnson on Ossian : “ As a modern production , it is nothing . " Rowley to Chatterton In the remaining works of the forgery , there was an ascendancy of imaginative historical pieces over antiquarian treatises . However ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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