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Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England /

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"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...

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Main Author: Parsons, Nicola, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Gossip in literature.
Secrecy in literature.
Anne, > Queen of Great Britain, > 1665-1714 > 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.
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230546714 (hardback)
0230546714 (hardback)