January 1999 Issue [Article] Scribble, scribble, scribble Adjust Share The literary impulse, its despair and delight by Nicholas Delbanco, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 18th century Authorship Edward Gibbon English authors Psychological aspects William, Duke of Gloucester More from Nicholas Delbanco Anywhere out of this world On why all writing is travel writing In praise of imitation On the sincerest form of flattery The Countess of Stanlein restored Sound and soundness in a Stradivarius violoncello Adjust Share