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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16 Welwood went on to laud the power of historical fact : Now with our late critics , truth is an unnecessary trifle for an epic poem , and ought to be thrown aside as a curb to invention . . . but , to my taste , a fact very ...
16 Welwood went on to laud the power of historical fact : Now with our late critics , truth is an unnecessary trifle for an epic poem , and ought to be thrown aside as a curb to invention . . . but , to my taste , a fact very ...
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accord with modern literary taste ( Shenstone was inspired , ironically , by the poetical success of Ossian ) , 17 he ran the same risks as Macpherson of lauding while concealing MS authority . Second , it needs to be known whether ...
accord with modern literary taste ( Shenstone was inspired , ironically , by the poetical success of Ossian ) , 17 he ran the same risks as Macpherson of lauding while concealing MS authority . Second , it needs to be known whether ...
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In a long preface , Home justified his fictional additions to this incident : preserving these ancient foundations , as the piers of his bridge , the Author may bend his arches , and finish his fabrick , according to his taste and fancy ...
In a long preface , Home justified his fictional additions to this incident : preserving these ancient foundations , as the piers of his bridge , the Author may bend his arches , and finish his fabrick , according to his taste and fancy ...
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