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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... taste , a fact very extraordinary in its kind . . . does not strike the less strong , but leaves a more lasting impression on my mind , for being true . 17 The literary power of history , particularly national history , was felt ...
... taste , a fact very extraordinary in its kind . . . does not strike the less strong , but leaves a more lasting impression on my mind , for being true . 17 The literary power of history , particularly national history , was felt ...
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... taste ( Shenstone was inspired , ironically , by the poetical success of Ossian ) , 17 he ran the same risks as ... taste . As he said in the " Essay on the Ancient Metrical Romances " prefixed to the third volume , he was not one of ...
... taste ( Shenstone was inspired , ironically , by the poetical success of Ossian ) , 17 he ran the same risks as ... taste . As he said in the " Essay on the Ancient Metrical Romances " prefixed to the third volume , he was not one of ...
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... taste and fancy , for the poet is at liberty , and it is the essence of his art , to invent such intermediate circumstances , and incidents , as he thinks will produce the most affecting situations . In this department Imitators and ...
... taste and fancy , for the poet is at liberty , and it is the essence of his art , to invent such intermediate circumstances , and incidents , as he thinks will produce the most affecting situations . In this department Imitators and ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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