Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street / Norma Clarke.
Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street / Norma Clarke.
Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street / Norma Clarke.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/885
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 399 pages ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part one: Grub Street -- An Irishman in London -- "Borderers upon Parnassus" -- The philosophic vagabond -- Covent Garden -- Authors by profession -- Writing for the press -- Beau Tibbs -- The real story of John Carteret Pilkington -- Part two: Man of letters -- Debauchery -- The vicar of Wakefield...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"Brothers of the Quill takes a familiar eighteenth-century theme - Grub Street, the trials and tribulations of professional writers in the early days of commercial literature - and brings a new perspective to it. It follows the early career of Oliver Goldsmith, who in 1756 arrived destitute in London - an Irish 'vagabond' -and within a few years ro...
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Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street / Norma Clarke.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/885
Record Identifier
74VKz0wEOKeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz0wEOKeX
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ISBN
0674736575 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674736573 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
828.609 B
MMS ID
991023583879702626
