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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... The Augustan Vision ( 1974 ) " again and again we find the poet writing about ancient bards , rather than investing his own work with bardic qualities . " 95 Rogers did not take Ossian into account . Macpherson responded to the plea ...
... The Augustan Vision ( 1974 ) " again and again we find the poet writing about ancient bards , rather than investing his own work with bardic qualities . " 95 Rogers did not take Ossian into account . Macpherson responded to the plea ...
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... The Augustan Vision ( London : Methuen and Co Ltd , 1974 ) , 142 . Chapter 3. Ossian : The Voice of the Past 1. All references , unless otherwise specified , are to first editions : Fragments of Ancient Poetry , Collected in the ...
... The Augustan Vision ( London : Methuen and Co Ltd , 1974 ) , 142 . Chapter 3. Ossian : The Voice of the Past 1. All references , unless otherwise specified , are to first editions : Fragments of Ancient Poetry , Collected in the ...
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... The Augustan Vision . London : Methuen and Co. Ltd. , 1974 . Rothstein , Eric . Restoration and Eighteenth - Century Poetry . London : Rout- ledge and Kegan Paul , 1981 . Saunders , Bailey . The Life and Letters of James Macpherson ...
... The Augustan Vision . London : Methuen and Co. Ltd. , 1974 . Rothstein , Eric . Restoration and Eighteenth - Century Poetry . London : Rout- ledge and Kegan Paul , 1981 . Saunders , Bailey . The Life and Letters of James Macpherson ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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