Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9780230546714
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2009 9780230546714
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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.

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ISBN13:9780230546714
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Queen Anne's Bounty Gossip and Government: Deciphering the Body of the State Reading Secrets of State: Delarivier Manley and the New Atalantis Reforming Reference: Trials and Texts Lucubrating London: The Tatler and the Female Tatler A Newer Atalantis : Political and Generic Revolutions Conclusion: Anne's Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

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        Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England