Recent years have witnessed a heightened interest in eighteenth-century literary journalism and popular culture. This book provides an account of the early periodical as a literary genre and traces the development of journalism from the 1690s to the 1760s, covering a range of publications by both well-known and obscure writers. The book's central theme is the struggle of eighteenth-century journalists to attain literary respectability and the strategies by which editors sought to improve the literary and social status of their publications.
| ISBN: | 9780415651516 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2012 |
| Author: | Iona Italia |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature |
| Genres: |
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 |