| Description |
1 online resource (x, 248 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 3
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Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 'Censor-General of Great Britain'; 2 'The Conversation of my Drawing-Room'; 3 'In Clubs and Assemblies; 4 'Faction and Nonsense': the rivalry between Common; 5 Inventor or Plagiarist?; 6 Polite, genteel, elegant; 7 'Writing like a teacher'; 8 'A becoming sensibility'; 9 'Studies proper for women'; 10 'Buried among the essays upon liberty, eastern tales, and cures for the bite of a mad dog'; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This book provides an account of the early periodical as a literary genre. Tracing the development of journalism from the 1690s to the 1760s, it covers a range of publications by well-known writers and obscure hacks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English prose literature. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Journalism. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Italia, Iona, 1969- Rise of literary journalism in the eighteenth century. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005 (DLC) 2004059850 |
| ISBN |
0203023536 (electronic book) |
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9780203023532 (electronic book) |
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0415343925 (Cloth) |
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