The Making of History. A Study of the Literary Forgeries of James MacPherson and Thomas Chatterton in Relation to Nineteenth Century Ideas of History and Fiction.

Haywood, Ian.

ISBN 10: 0838632610 / ISBN 13: 9780838632611

Published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford., 1986

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228pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices. Or black cloth in jacket. Light rubbing and slight edge wear to jacket, tear at top of rear jacket panel. Copnsiders the ltierary forgeries of Macpherson and Chatterton in terms of the important 18th century debate about the validity of using literature as a hisotrical source. In this context Macpherson's imaginary Scottish bard Ossian; and Chatterton's medieval authors can be seen as historical fiction succumbing to the pressure to be original ancient literature. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of History. A Study of the Literary Forgeries of James MacPherson and Thomas Chatterton in Relation to Nineteenth Century Ideas of History and Fiction.
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838632610
• ISBN 13: 9780838632611
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Poetry

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Book by Haywood, Ian