Thomas Chatterton and romantic culture

Description:

"Thomas Chatterton wrote poetry, forged medieval manuscripts, and died in tragic and mysterious circumstanceseither adolescent suicide or accidental drug overdose.". "This book restores Chatterton as a seminal figure in English literature. It is a major collection of diverse new essays by writers, biographers, critics, and scholars, showing the mercurial Chatterton in new contexts, perpetually challenging the genres of writing: ultimately mixing history, fiction, and myth in a great post-Enlightenment reinvention of the past."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Literary forgeries and mystifications,  Literature and history,  History,  Criticism and interpretation,  Medievalism,  Middle Ages in literature,  Romanticism,  Chatterton, thomas, 1752-1770

People: Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)

Places: England

Times: 18th century