Title: The family romance of the impostor-poet Thomas Chatterton
First published: 1988
Description: The enigma of Thomas Chatterton is investigated by Louise J. Kaplan, who untangles the counterfeiter from the artist, the troubled adolescent from the visionary poet, as she recreates the short life of a fatherless boy who found an authentic voice only in the realm of his imaginings.
Subjects: 18th century, Biography, England, English Poets, Great Britain, History, Impostors and imposture, Literary forgeries and mystifications, Medievalism, Middle Ages in literature, Psychoanalysis and literature
Places: England, Great Britain
People: Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
Time periods: 18th century