The making of history
Subtitle: a study of the literary forgeries of James Macpherson and Thomas Chatterton in relation to eighteenth-century ideas of history and fiction
By: Ian Haywood.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Rutherford; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Knowledge -- History.; Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 -- Knowledge -- History.; Ossian, 3rd cent. -- In literature.; English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History -- 18th century.; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Historical poetry, English -- History and criticism.; Medievalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Middle Ages -- Historiography.; Middle Ages in literature.; Great Britain -- Historiography.; Great Britain -- In literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 212-222.
Includes index.