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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... reference . The margin of the dissertation contained references to " St. Heirom , " " Dio . Sic , " and " War de antiq . Hybern . prae ” ( pp . v , vii , x ) . The last reference was particularly important . The allusion was to Sir ...
... reference . The margin of the dissertation contained references to " St. Heirom , " " Dio . Sic , " and " War de antiq . Hybern . prae ” ( pp . v , vii , x ) . The last reference was particularly important . The allusion was to Sir ...
Page 108
... reference to him always imminent . Michael Lort of Cambridge noted of the early 1760s : “ Macpherson with his Galic poetry has set all the English antiquarians agog after the Welsh , in hopes to find something equal to it . " 22 The ...
... reference to him always imminent . Michael Lort of Cambridge noted of the early 1760s : “ Macpherson with his Galic poetry has set all the English antiquarians agog after the Welsh , in hopes to find something equal to it . " 22 The ...
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... reference to another forged work served to authenticate that work and also to bind the imagined world of the vision together . Craish's reference was actu- ally very important , because he quoted " The Tournament ” ( 11. 73–76 ) for its ...
... reference to another forged work served to authenticate that work and also to bind the imagined world of the vision together . Craish's reference was actu- ally very important , because he quoted " The Tournament ” ( 11. 73–76 ) for its ...
Contents
Acknowledgments 16 | 9 |
The Literary Impetus | 46 |
The Voice of the Past | 73 |
Copyright | |
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