Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England
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Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England

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Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England

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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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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
9780230244764
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
European Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction: Queen Anne's Bounty
  10. 1 Gossip and Government: Deciphering the Body of the State
  11. 2 Reading Secrets of State: Delarivier Manley and the New Atalantis
  12. 3 Reforming Reference: Trials and Texts
  13. 4 Lucubrating London: The Tatler and the Female Tatler
  14. 5 A Newer Atalantis: Political and Generic Revolutions
  15. Conclusion: Anne's Legacy
  16. Notes
  17. Select Bibliography
  18. Index