Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England
By: Nicola Parsons.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230546714
Subjects: 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
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.