TY - BOOK AU - Clarke,Norma TI - Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street SN - 9780674968721 U1 - 828/.609 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Authors, Irish KW - Biography KW - Hack writers KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - 18th century KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Chronology --; Introduction --; Part I: Grub Street --; 1. An Irishman in London --; 2. ‘Borderers Upon Parnassus’ --; 3. The Philosophic Vagabond --; 4. Covent Garden --; 5. Authors by Profession --; 6. Writing for the Press --; 7. Beau Tibbs --; 8. The Real Story of John Carteret Pilkington --; Part II: Man of Letters --; 9. Debauchery --; 10. The Vicar of Wakefield --; 11. James Grainger and The Sugar-cane --; 12. Robert Nugent and Son --; 13. The Good-Natured Man --; Postscript --; Notes --; Acknowledgements --; Index; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674968721 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674968721 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674968721/original ER -