Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England /

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...

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Main Author: Parsons, Nicola (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 211 pages)
ISBN:9780230244764
DOI:10.1057/9780230244764