Gossip and government : deciphering the body of the state -- Reading secrets of state : Delarivier Manley and the New Atalantis -- Reforming reference : trials and texts -- Lucubrating London : the tatler and the female tatler -- A newer Atalantis : political and generic revolutions
Summary
"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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-205) and index