On the publication of the first volume of The Decline and Fall in 1776, there arose a controversy that rapidly became broader than a dispute about an individual writer. Gibbon replied to his critics in the rhetorically brilliant Vindication in 1779, and then withdrew from the fray
Bibliographic Details
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Chelsum, James, approximately 1740-1801,
Davis, Henry Edwards, 1756-1784,
Loftus, Smyth, 1706 or 1707,
Loftus, Smyth, 1706 or 1707-,
Milner, Joseph, 1744-1797,
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804,
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816,
White, Joseph, 1745-1814,
Womersley, David |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Bristol, England :
Thoemmes Press,
1997
Bristol, England :
1997
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| Series: | Key issues (Bristol, England) ;
15
Key issues (Bristol, England) ;
no. 15
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