Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England / Nicola Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Nicola, 1976-

Series:

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Politics and literature.

Books and reading.

History.

Political culture.

Secrecy.

Gossip.

Great Britain.

Gossip in literature.

Secrecy in literature.

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714--In literature.

Anne.

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.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ContentsAcknowledgments List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Queen Anne's BountyGossip and Government: Deciphering the Body of the StateReading Secrets of State: Delarivier Manley and the New AtalantisReforming Reference: Trials and TextsLucubrating London: The Tatler and the Female TatlerA Newer Atalantis: Political and Generic RevolutionsConclusion: Annes LegacyNotesBibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230546714

0230546714

OCLC:

298778234