Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England
By: Nicola Parsons
Series: Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Balsingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780230546714
Subjects: Political culture; English literature; Politics and literature; History and criticism; Books and reading; Gossip in literature; Secrecy in literature; Secrecy; Gossip; In literature; History
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 (p. 185-205) and index.