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The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century: Anxious Employment - Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature Iona Italia 1st edition
The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century: Anxious Employment - Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Iona Italia
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.
10 Line drawings, black and white
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 1, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415651516 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 232 × 16 mm · 402 g |
| Language | English |