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 55
... leaves history behind . Blair returns to it : Tradition is the best ground upon which fable can be built , not only because it gives the appearance of reality to things that are merely fictitious , but because it supplies a poet with ...
... leaves history behind . Blair returns to it : Tradition is the best ground upon which fable can be built , not only because it gives the appearance of reality to things that are merely fictitious , but because it supplies a poet with ...
Page 132
... leave matters there , Chatterton gave in a footnote the actual songs alluded to in the account that celebrated Saxon history . " Songe of Saincte Werburgh " ( Works , 1 : 57-59 ) was sung three times in the procession ( 1. 21 , 1. 32 ...
... leave matters there , Chatterton gave in a footnote the actual songs alluded to in the account that celebrated Saxon history . " Songe of Saincte Werburgh " ( Works , 1 : 57-59 ) was sung three times in the procession ( 1. 21 , 1. 32 ...
Page 182
... leave " Antiquities , ” however , I want to disagree with Taylor about the identity of " Book 1st . " Chatterton's only reference to its exis- tence is in the title to " Battle of Hastynges I , " cited above . Taylor tries to be more ...
... leave " Antiquities , ” however , I want to disagree with Taylor about the identity of " Book 1st . " Chatterton's only reference to its exis- tence is in the title to " Battle of Hastynges I , " cited above . Taylor tries to be more ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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