Reading gossip in early eighteenth-century England

Description:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: History,  Political culture,  English literature,  Politics and literature,  History and criticism,  Books and reading,  Gossip in literature,  Secrecy in literature,  Secrecy,  Gossip,  In literature,  Anne, queen of great britain, 1665-1714

People: Anne Queen of Great Britain (1665-1714)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 18th century