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 FictionFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1986 - 228 páginas The 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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... Saxon gave added impact to what he was recording : the end of the Saxon age . His bias , like Rowley's in " Brystowe Tragedie , " was made obvious . The Normans were villains and cowards . The English heroes were the Bris- tolian Saxons ...
... Saxon gave added impact to what he was recording : the end of the Saxon age . His bias , like Rowley's in " Brystowe Tragedie , " was made obvious . The Normans were villains and cowards . The English heroes were the Bris- tolian Saxons ...
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... Saxon plans of church design . Canynge wished to have a Saxon basis for the design of St. Mary's , which he was in the process of planning . Canynge , a true child of the vision , was a Saxonist . So was Rowley . While on this imaginary ...
... Saxon plans of church design . Canynge wished to have a Saxon basis for the design of St. Mary's , which he was in the process of planning . Canynge , a true child of the vision , was a Saxonist . So was Rowley . While on this imaginary ...
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... Saxon Ossianic , " Ethelgar , " was the reference point against which the others were to be judged . There was no warfare in " Ethelgar . " Battle and carnage belonged to the pagans . In " Kenrick . Translated from the Saxon " ( Works ...
... Saxon Ossianic , " Ethelgar , " was the reference point against which the others were to be judged . There was no warfare in " Ethelgar . " Battle and carnage belonged to the pagans . In " Kenrick . Translated from the Saxon " ( Works ...
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Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
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Aella ancient poetry anthologists anthology antiquarian Antiquary antiquity authentic ballad bard bardic Battle of Hastynges Bristol Britain Brystowe Tragedie Canynge Canynge's chapter Chatterton's vision culture Defoe dramatic Druids edition editor eighteenth century English epic Essay Evans fact Fingal Fingalian footnote forgeries Fragment Gallic genuine hero Highland historian historical fiction historiography history writing Homer Hugh Blair Hume Ibid imaginative Innes invention Ireland Irish James Macpherson John Johnson Joseph Ritson Joseph Warton King later letters literary literature Llywarch Hen Locke's London Macpher Macpherson and Chatterton minstrel modern narrative novel Oldbuck oral original Ossian past Percy Percy's piece play poem poet poetical preface present quoted records Redcliff reference regression Reliques Ritson Rowley's Saxon Scotland Scottish social history song sources story Temora Thomas Chatterton Thomas Percy Thomas Rowley tion translation transmission truth Turner verse voice vols Vortigern Warton Waverley Waverley novels William
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The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing Janet Sorensen Pré-visualização limitada - 2000 |