Thomas Chatterton was a poet, forger, and adolescent suicide, and the debate over his work was a pivotal episode in the history of 18th century literature. It ultimately established Chatterton as the inspiration for Romantic poets like Blake, Coleridge, and Keats. This book is a major collection of diverse new essays by scholars, critics, and writers like Peter Ackroyd and Richard Holmes. They show the mercurial Chatterton in exciting new contexts, and restore him as a seminal figure in English Literature.
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Groom (English, U. of Exeter) is joined by 15 English literature scholars to restore Thomas Chatterton to what they consider his rightful place as a seminal literary figure whose poetry, fiction, history, and forged medieval manuscripts place him at the forefront of the Romantic movement. Articles organized into two sections on his life and works and the Rowley controversy respectively, cover topics such as Chatterton's relation to post- colonialism; King Arthur and Medieval heraldry; and the London book trade, as well as seven essays examining his life and art before and after the Rowley forgeries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) More Reviews and Recommendations Biography
Nick Groom is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter.
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Thomas Chatterton was a poet, forger, and adolescent suicide, and the debate over his work was a pivotal episode in the history of 18th century literature. It ultimately established Chatterton as the inspiration for Romantic poets like Blake, Coleridge, and Keats. This book is a major collection of diverse new essays by scholars, critics, and writers like Peter Ackroyd and Richard Holmes. They show the mercurial Chatterton in exciting new contexts, and restore him as a seminal figure in English Literature.
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Groom (English, U. of Exeter) is joined by 15 English literature scholars to restore Thomas Chatterton to what they consider his rightful place as a seminal literary figure whose poetry, fiction, history, and forged medieval manuscripts place him at the forefront of the Romantic movement. Articles organized into two sections on his life and works and the Rowley controversy respectively, cover topics such as Chatterton's relation to post- colonialism; King Arthur and Medieval heraldry; and the London book trade, as well as seven essays examining his life and art before and after the Rowley forgeries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Loading... Features - Thomas Chatterton and Romantic Culture Table of Contents Table of Contents IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsContributorsPreface11Introduction3Pt. ILife and Works2Unparodying and Forgery: The Augustan Chatterton153The Originality of Chatterton's Art324'On Tiber's Banks': Chatterton and Post-Colonialism485The Mythical Image: Chatterton, King Arthur, and Heraldry646In Your Face797'This Necessary Knowledge': Thomas Chatterton and the Ways of the London Book Trade96App. IWorks by Chatterton Published in His Own Lifetime114App. IIAn Analysis of Chatterton's Publications117Pt. IIThe Rowley Controversy and After8Chatterton and the Club1219'Truth Sacrifising to the Muses': The Rowley Controversy and the Genesis of the Romantic Chatterton15110Chatterton and Johnson: Authority and Filiation in the 1770s17211Fragments, Reliques, & MSS: Chatterton and Percy18812Nostalgic Chatterton: Fictions of Poetic Identity and the Forging of a Self-Taught Tradition21013Chatterton's Poetic Afterlife, 1770-1794: A Context for Coleridge's Monody22814Forging The Poet: Some Early Pictures of Thomas Chatterton253Afterword259Rowley's Ghost: A Checklist of Creative Works Inspired by Thomas Chatterton's Life and Writings262Index293
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