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Letter From Henry Mackenzie To George Chalmers
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Book Synopsis Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-century Britain by : John T. Lynch
Download or read book Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-century Britain written by John T. Lynch and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first extended treatment of the debates surrounding public deception in eighteenth-century Britain, Jack Lynch contends that forgery and fraud make explicit the usually unspoken grounds on which Britons made sense of their world. While taking up the critical philosophical questions surrounding fraud, Lynch shows that fakery takes us to the heart of eighteenth-century values as they relate to evidence, perception and memory, the relationship between art and life, historicism, and human motivation.
Book Synopsis Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain by : Jack Lynch
Download or read book Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain written by Jack Lynch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first extended treatment of the debates surrounding public deception in eighteenth-century Britain, Jack Lynch contends that forgery, fakery, and fraud make explicit the usually unspoken grounds on which Britons made sense of their world. Confrontations with inauthenticity, in other words, bring tacitly understood conceptions of reality to the surface. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary print and manuscript sources”not only books and pamphlets, but ballads, comic prints, legal proceedings, letters, and diaries”Lynch focuses on the debates they provoked, rather than the forgers themselves. He offers a comprehensive treatment of the criticism surrounding fraud in most of the noteworthy controversies of the long eighteenth century. To this end, his study is structured around topics related to the arguments over deception in Britain, whether they concerned George Psalmanazar's Formosan hoax at the beginning of the eighteenth century or William Henry Ireland's Shakespearean imposture at the end. Beginning with the question of what constitutes deception and ending with an illuminating chapter on what was at stake in these debates for eighteenth-century British thinkers, Lynch's accessibly written study takes the reader through the means”whether simple, sophisticated, or tortuously argued”by which partisans on both sides struggled to define which of the apparent contradictions were sufficient to disqualify a claim to authenticity. Fakery, Lynch persuasively argues, transports us to the heart of eighteenth-century notions of the value of evidence, of the mechanisms of perception and memory, of the relationship between art and life, of historicism, and of human motivation.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925: Manuscripts 1-1800, charters and other formal documents 1-900 by : National Library of Scotland
Download or read book Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925: Manuscripts 1-1800, charters and other formal documents 1-900 written by National Library of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe, 1450–1800 by : Walter Stephens
Download or read book Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe, 1450–1800 written by Walter Stephens and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why was the Renaissance also the golden age of forgery? Forgery is an eternal problem. In literature and the writing of history, suspiciously attributed texts can be uniquely revealing when subjected to a nuanced critique. False and spurious writings impinge on social and political realities to a degree rarely confronted by the biographical criticism of yesteryear. They deserve a more critical reading of the sort far more often bestowed on canonical works of poetry and prose fiction. The first comprehensive treatment of literary and historiographical forgery to appear in a quarter of a century, Literary Forgery in Early Modern Europe, 1450–1800 goes well beyond questions of authorship, spotlighting the imaginative vitality of forgery and its sinister impact on genuine scholarship. This volume demonstrates that early modern forgery was a literary tradition in its own right, with distinctive connections to politics, Greek and Roman classics, religion, philosophy, and modern literature. The thirteen essays draw immediate inspiration from Johns Hopkins University’s acquisition of the Bibliotheca Fictiva, the world’s premier research collection dedicated exclusively to the subject of literary forgery, which consists of several thousand rare books and unique manuscript materials from the early modern period and beyond. The early modern explosion in forgery of all kinds—particularly in the kindred documentary fields of literary and archaeological falsification—was the most visible symptom of a dramatic shift in attitudes toward historical evidence and in the relation of texts to contemporary society. The authors capture the impact of this evolution within many fundamental cultural transformations, including the rise of print, changing tastes and fortunes of the literary marketplace, and the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Contributors: Frederic Clark, James Coleman, Richard Cooper, Arthur Freeman, Anthony Grafton, A. Katie Harris, Earle A. Havens, Jack Lynch, Shana D. O’Connell, Ingrid Rowland, Walter Stephens, Elly Truitt, Kate Tunstall
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Very Curious, Valuable, and Extensive Library of the Late George Chalmers ... Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Evans ... on Monday, Sept. 27 ... 1841 (Monday March 7 ... Thursday November 10 ... 1842.). by : George Chalmers
Download or read book Catalogue of the Very Curious, Valuable, and Extensive Library of the Late George Chalmers ... Which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Evans ... on Monday, Sept. 27 ... 1841 (Monday March 7 ... Thursday November 10 ... 1842.). written by George Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Scottish People and the French Revolution by : Bob Harris
Download or read book The Scottish People and the French Revolution written by Bob Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum; explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.
Book Synopsis The Enlightenment and the Book by : Richard B. Sher
Download or read book The Enlightenment and the Book written by Richard B. Sher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
Book Synopsis Scottish Notes and Queries by : John Bulloch
Download or read book Scottish Notes and Queries written by John Bulloch and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Robert Burns by : Patrick Scott Hogg
Download or read book Robert Burns written by Patrick Scott Hogg and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759-96), Patrick Scott Hogg presents the greatest of Scotland's poets within the true context of his times. Exploding the Burns myth, Robert Burns: The Patriot Bard replaces the ram-stam lad of popular cliché with the real, living Burns - a Scottish patriot of the heart, an idealist who wished for 'Freedom and Liberty' for his beloved country, but also a man who was pragmatically a British patriot and risked his life for democratic reform. Here Burns is painted in his native colours as a highly complex, hyper-intelligent writer in both prose and poetry, not the semi-confused, contradictory simpleton of previous biographies. The fascinating legend of Burns as a ladies' man is placed where it should be - as less important than the message of the bard. The real day-to-day Burns was irascible, stubborn-minded, independent, controversial and opinionated. He detested many of his social superiors within the feudal order and attacked them as hypocrites and oppressors of the common people. The voice of Burns, always in the language of the people, and his idealist vision of a better world endeared him as a poet of humanity 'the world o'er'. Drawing from Burns' existing canon of poetry and letters, plus some newly attributed works suppressed for over two centuries, this life story is a roller-coaster narrative that charts the success and untimely death of the greatest songwriter of all time, the real Robert Burns.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925 by : National Library of Scotland
Download or read book Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired Since 1925 written by National Library of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Thomas Paine and America, 1776-1809 Vol 2 by : Kenneth W Burchell
Download or read book Thomas Paine and America, 1776-1809 Vol 2 written by Kenneth W Burchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his migration to America in 1774 to his death in New York City in 1809, Thomas Paine's ideology was at the centre of American political and social debate. This six-volume facsimile edition brings together rare texts from books, periodicals and newspaper contributions to unearth the contemporary American response to Thomas Paine.
Book Synopsis Literature and Literati: Letters, 1766-1827 by : Henry Mackenzie
Download or read book Literature and Literati: Letters, 1766-1827 written by Henry Mackenzie and published by Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang. This book was released on 1989 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831), the «man of feeling», now published for the first time, make up a unique collection of contemporary information on the cultural, intellectual, social, and political setting of their day. They communicate Scottish Enlightenment thought and openness; they follow the socio-cultural and literary cross-currents during one of the most significant periods of modern Scotland, extend their view to England and, though not forgetting regional boundaries and identities, include the European dimension.
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
Book Synopsis The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... by :
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Search for Salvation by : Audrey-Beth Fitch
Download or read book The Search for Salvation written by Audrey-Beth Fitch and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Search for Salvation is an innovative and interdisciplinary study of lay faith in Scotland in the later Milddle Ages, examining both the religious ideas and practices of the people, and the ways in which these were shaped by images in literature, art, and church writings. Contrary to traditional views, which portray the late medieval Scottish church as weak and corrupt, the book argues for the vitality and flourishing of lay piety in the later fifteenth and first half of the sixteenth century. It thus sheds new light on the coming of the Protestant Reformation, as well as revealing the richness of the world of medieval Scottish religious imagery. Each chapter examines one aspect of faith and the lay responses to it. The first part of the book discusses three central concepts in people's understanding of death and salvation - the Day of Judgement, Heaven and Hell, and Purgatory. The second part looks at the way in which people perceived of and related to three central figures of Christianity: God, Mary and Jesus. In examining such a wide variety of beliefs, the book goes beyond the study of religion to provide an understanding of the nature and functioning of medieval society as a whole.
Book Synopsis The Life of Thomas Paine, Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections. By Peter Porcupine. [The Abridgment by Henry Mackenzie of “The Life of Thomas Pain” by Francis Oldys, Edited with Additions by W. Cobbett.] by : Francis OLDYS (pseud. [i.e. George Chalmers.])
Download or read book The Life of Thomas Paine, Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections. By Peter Porcupine. [The Abridgment by Henry Mackenzie of “The Life of Thomas Pain” by Francis Oldys, Edited with Additions by W. Cobbett.] written by Francis OLDYS (pseud. [i.e. George Chalmers.]) and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in Selected Libraries in Great Britain and Ireland: Notes to the manuscripts. Index of initia by : John MacKechnie
Download or read book Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in Selected Libraries in Great Britain and Ireland: Notes to the manuscripts. Index of initia written by John MacKechnie and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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