Thomas Chatterton and neglected genius, 1760-1830 /

"Long before Wordsworth etherealized him as 'the marvellous Boy / The sleepless Soul that perished in its pride', Thomas Chatterton was touted as the 'second Shakespeare' by eighteenth-century Shakespeareans, ranked among the leading British poets by prominent literary criti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cook, Daniel, 1981- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Chatterton, Thomas, > 1752-1770 > Criticism and interpretation. Literary forgeries and mystifications > History > 18th century. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry. POETRY / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Genius and Scholarship
2. Tyrwhitt's Rowley, or 'what the author wrote'
3. Miscellanies and the Moderns
4. The Rowley Controversy
5. 'Too proud for pity': The Sentimental Reader
6. 'Neglected Genius': The Romantic Canon
Afterword
Select Bibliography
Index.