Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street /

"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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clarke, Norma, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Goldsmith, Oliver, > 1730?-1774.
Goldsmith, Oliver, > 1730?-1774 > Friends and associates.
Goldsmith, Oliver > 1728-1774
1700-1799
Authors, Irish > Biography.
Hack writers > England > London > History > 18th century.
Écrivains irlandais > Biographies.
Écrivailleurs > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Intellectual life.
Hack writers.
Friendship.
Authors, Irish.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Londres (Angleterre) > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
England > London.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. 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 II. Man of letters. Debauchery
  • The vicar of Wakefield
  • James Grainger and the sugar-cane
  • Robert Nugent and son
  • The good-natured man.

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