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Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England
- Title
- Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England / Nicola Parsons.
- Author
- Parsons, Nicola, 1976-
- Publication
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 211 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book analyzes the relation between print cultures and eighteenth-century literary and political practices and, identifying Queen Anne's England as a crucial moment in the public life of gossip, offers readings of key texts that demonstrate how gossip's interpretative strategies shaped readers' participation in the literary and public spheres"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
- Subject
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714 > In literature
- English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Gossip in literature
- Secrecy in literature
- Gossip > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Secrecy > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Political culture > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ContentsAcknowledgments List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Queen Anne's BountyGossip and Government: Deciphering the Body of the StateReading Secrets of State: Delarivier Manley and the New AtalantisReforming Reference: Trials and TextsLucubrating London: The Tatler and the Female TatlerA Newer Atalantis: Political and Generic RevolutionsConclusion: Annes LegacyNotesBibliography.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-475
- ISBN
- 9780230546714 (hardback)
- 0230546714 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2009043542
- OCLC
- YBP 2009043542
- Author
- Parsons, Nicola, 1976-
- Title
- Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England / Nicola Parsons.
- Imprint
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Series
- Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of printPalgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-475