The rise of literary journalism in the eighteenth century :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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anxious employment /
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Iona Italia.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ;
Volume Designation
3
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Rise of literary journalism in the eighteenth century.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English prose literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
Journalism-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.