Reading Gossip in Early Eighteenth-Century England

by Nicola Parsons

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230546714
• ISBN13: 9780230546714
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"