Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street by Norma Clarke (English)

by Norma Clarke

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Brothers of the Quill by Norma Clarke Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London s most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Publisher Description 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

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 2016
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780674736573
• Condition: Fine

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