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- 2016-04-26
- ISBN
- 9780674736573
- EAN
- 9780674736573
- Book Title
- Brothers of the Quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, History
- Topic
- Modern / 18th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England in 1756 a penniless Irishman. He toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street--already a synonym for impoverished hack writers--before he became one of literary London's most celebrated authors. Norma Clarke tells the extraordinary story of this destitute scribbler turned gentleman of letters as it unfolds in the early days of commercial publishing, when writers' livelihoods came to depend on the reading public, not aristocratic patrons. Clarke examines a network of writers radiating outward from Goldsmith: the famous and celebrated authors of Dr. Johnson's "Club" and those far less fortunate "brothers of the quill" trapped in Grub Street. Clarke emphasizes Goldsmith's sense of himself as an Irishman, showing that many of his early literary acquaintances were Irish migr s: Samuel Derrick, John Pilkington, Paul Hiffernan, and Edward Purdon. These writers tutored Goldsmith in the ways of Grub Street, and their influence on his development has not previously been explored. Also Irish was the patron he acquired after 1764, Robert Nugent, Lord Clare. Clarke places Goldsmith in the tradition of Anglo-Irish satirists beginning with Jonathan Swift. He transmuted troubling truths about the British Empire into forms of fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains perceptible, if just barely, beneath an equanimous English surface. To read Brothers of the Quill is to be taken by the hand into the darker corners of eighteenth-century Grub Street, and to laugh and cry at the absurdities of the writing life.
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Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674736575
ISBN-13
9780674736573
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Book Title
Brothers of the Quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
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Pr3493.C57 2016
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Brothers of the Quill is a rich book about poor writers, the duckers, divers and hacks-for-hire scratching a living in Dr. Johnson'e(tm)s London. It is also a forensic reconstruction of Grub Street at the dawn of literary journalism: the friendships, the rivalries, the reign of the publishers'e¦ Brothers of the Quill is part biography, part social history and part literary criticism. If you have not read Goldsmith already, you will find yourself wanting to do so., Brothers of the Quill is a rich book about poor writers, the duckers, divers and hacks-for-hire scratching a living in Dr. Johnson's London. It is also a forensic reconstruction of Grub Street at the dawn of literary journalism: the friendships, the rivalries, the reign of the publishers... Brothers of the Quill is part biography, part social history and part literary criticism. If you have not read Goldsmith already, you will find yourself wanting to do so., Sir Joshua Reynolds described Oliver Goldsmith'e(tm)s prose as 'e~sprightly and animated.'e(tm) One could describe Norma Clarke 'e(tm)s similarly. Well-written, highly readable, and frequently witty, Brothers of the Quill offers a detailed account of Goldsmith'e(tm)s milieu of improvident, mostly Irish authors, as they attempt to earn a living on Grub Street. Johnson, Boswell, Burke, and Reynolds, who receive their due elsewhere, appear aptly. Most significantly, Clarke makes the case for Goldsmith'e(tm)s importance as a writer., With its broad tableau and vividly drawn cast of characters, this book is a genuinely accessible and enlightening account of the working lives of Grub Street authors., Sir Joshua Reynolds described Oliver Goldsmith's prose as 'sprightly and animated.' One could describe Norma Clarke's similarly. Well-written, highly readable, and frequently witty, Brothers of the Quill offers a detailed account of Goldsmith's milieu of improvident, mostly Irish authors, as they attempt to earn a living on Grub Street. Johnson, Boswell, Burke, and Reynolds, who receive their due elsewhere, appear aptly. Most significantly, Clarke makes the case for Goldsmith's importance as a writer., Norma Clarke's Brothers of the Quill follows Oliver Goldsmith's rise from Irish hack to English national treasure. Goldsmith both cherished and reviled literary celebrity...Clarke say a great deal about the powerlessness of writers, and the growing authority of readers., Sir Joshua Reynolds described Oliver Goldsmith'e(tm)s prose as 'e~sprightly and animated.'e(tm) One could describe Norma Clarke'e(tm)s similarly. Well-written, highly readable, and frequently witty, Brothers of the Quill offers a detailed account of Goldsmith'e(tm)s milieu of improvident, mostly Irish authors, as they attempt to earn a living on Grub Street. Johnson, Boswell, Burke, and Reynolds, who receive their due elsewhere, appear aptly. Most significantly, Clarke makes the case for Goldsmith'e(tm)s importance as a writer., Clarke has made the literary life of the 18th century available and entertaining to the general reader., [Clarke's] careful tracing of the networks of Irish affiliation in mid-18th-century London yields a completely new vision of both Goldsmith and the London he inhabited. Clarke concludes with a lament for the 'taken-for-grantedness' of the contributions of Irish writers to English literature in the 18th century. The braided, archipelagic histories of these islands have yet to be completed, but are certainly enhanced by this study of Goldsmith., The book often reads like a collection of interconnected short stories. In this regard, Clarke joins several contemporary English writers whose works brilliantly mix group biography, history and literary criticism...[ Brothers of the Quill ] displays a comparable sprightliness and anecdotal abundance., In Brothers of the Quill Norma Clarke has made a significant and very readable contribution to 18th-century literary studies., [Clarke'e(tm)s] careful tracing of the networks of Irish affiliation in mid-18th-century London yields a completely new vision of both Goldsmith and the London he inhabited. Clarke concludes with a lament for the 'e~taken-for-grantedness'e(tm) of the contributions of Irish writers to English literature in the 18th century. The braided, archipelagic histories of these islands have yet to be completed, but are certainly enhanced by this study of Goldsmith., The book often reads like a collection of interconnected short stories. In this regard, Clarke joins several contemporary English writers whose works brilliantly mix group biography, history and literary criticism'e¦[ Brothers of the Quill ] displays a comparable sprightliness and anecdotal abundance., [Clarke] has created a colorful, canny, immensely readable book which rehearses, underlines and proclaims the importance, not only of Goldsmith himself, but also of his writerly world, of fraternal compatriots and infernal enemies, and of the ways that he and they found'e"or didn'e(tm)t'e"to get by'e¦She is a wizard at telling stories'e¦You will get a helpful sense of the nature of all of Goldsmith'e(tm)s lasting work from Brothers of the Quill 'e¦[A] rich volume., Portrays an extraordinary period in literary history and captures the puzzling blend of principle and opportunism that defined Goldsmith's career., [Clarke] has created a colorful, canny, immensely readable book which rehearses, underlines and proclaims the importance, not only of Goldsmith himself, but also of his writerly world, of fraternal compatriots and infernal enemies, and of the ways that he and they found--or didn't--to get by...She is a wizard at telling stories...You will get a helpful sense of the nature of all of Goldsmith's lasting work from Brothers of the Quill ...[A] rich volume., [Clarke] has created a colorful, canny, immensely readable book which rehearses, underlines and proclaims the importance, not only of Goldsmith himself, but also of his writerly world, of fraternal compatriots and infernal enemies, and of the ways that he and they found-or didn't-to get by...She is a wizard at telling stories...You will get a helpful sense of the nature of all of Goldsmith's lasting work from Brothers of the Quill ...[A] rich volume.
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2016
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2015-036853
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828/.609 B
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