Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England [electronic resource] /
Parsons, Nicola.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Queen Anne's Bounty; 1 Gossip and Government: Deciphering the Body of the State; 2 Reading Secrets of State: Delarivier Manley and the New Atalantis; 3 Reforming Reference: Trials and Texts; 4 Lucubrating London: The Tatler and the Female Tatler; 5 A Newer Atalantis: Political and Generic Revolutions; Conclusion: Anne's Legacy; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-205) and index.
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.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714
British literature.
Literature, Modern-18th century.
Great Britain-History.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
Literature, Modern.
British and Irish Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.