John Pinkerton (1758–1826)
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Opere di John Pinkerton
Modern geography. A description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in… (1807) 11 copie
A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world (1808) 6 copie
A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world Volume 1; many of… (2012) 1 copia
Walpoliana 1 copia
An Essay on Coins and Medals 1 copia
Select Scotish ballads. 1 copia
Scottish tragic ballads 1 copia
Ansichten der Hauptstadt des franzoesischen Kaiserreiches vom Jahre 1806 an - Erstmals erschienen im Jahre 1807, neu… (1980) 1 copia
Ancient lives of Scottish saints. — Autore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1758-02-17
- Data di morte
- 1826-03-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Paris, France
- Luogo di residenza
- Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
London, England, UK
Paris, France - Istruzione
- University of Edinburgh
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 48
- Utenti
- 91
- Popolarità
- #204,136
- Voto
- 3.0
- Recensioni
- 29
- ISBN
- 13
"Pinkerton's publication in 1786 of Ancient Scotish Poems from the Maitland MSS.in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, did little to diminish the odium in which his name was by then generally held.* His edition of these poems ( of whose existence he had been told by Percy) was one of his most valuable contributions to scholarship, though, like most of his work, it is imperfect by modern standards. But the importance of the poems he edited was lost in the indignation caused by his attacks on the Old Testament in his introductory essay. 'It surprises me not a little to see you, in iur Essay, declare war against the Old Testament, but what you say will do little harm; for it is plain that you have not studied the subject sufficiently,' wrote Lord Hailes. 'I have only to beg that, in yiour future publications, that my name may not be mentioned as a correspondent of yours; at least, while you perceive no difference between Johovah and the demons of barbarous nations; or between the religion of the Jews and that of the Hottentots. Pinkerston appears to be unabashed ( p. xiv ).
*Pinkerton had already acquired the reputation as a literary forger (p. viii-xii).… (altro)