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Subject(s)

• English literature—18th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Politics and literature—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Gossip in literature [Browse]
• Secrecy in literature [Browse]
• Anne Queen of Great Britain 1665-1714—In literature [Browse]
• Gossip—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Secrecy—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Political culture—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Books and reading—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]

Series

Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print [More in this series]

Summary note

"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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780230546714 (hardback)
• 0230546714 (hardback)

LCCN

2009043542

OCLC

298778234

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