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Chapter Twenty-six THE PRESS IN LITERATURE AND DRAMA

© 2023, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

© 2023, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS x
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xvii
  5. CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES xix
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. Chapter One BUSINESS OF THE PRESS 28
  8. Chapter Two PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 53
  9. Chapter Three LEGAL CONTEXTS: LICENSING, CENSORSHIP AND CENSURE 77
  10. Chapter Four READERS AND READERSHIPS 101
  11. Chapter Five FROM NEWS WRITERS TO JOURNALISTS: AN EMERGING PROFESSION? 129
  12. Chapter Six FROM MANUSCRIPT TO PRINT: THE MULTIMEDIA NEWS SYSTEM 148
  13. Chapter Seven NEWSBOOK TO NEWSPAPER: CHANGING FORMAT, LAYOUT AND ILLUSTRATION IN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICAL NEWS 170
  14. Chapter Eight THE EVOLVING LANGUAGE OF THE PRESS 195
  15. Chapter Nine NEWS, DEBATE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE 220
  16. Chapter Ten IRISH PERIODICAL NEWS 239
  17. Chapter Eleven THE SCOTTISH PRESS 268
  18. Chapter Twelve THE MARKET FOR THE NEWS IN SCOTLAND 285
  19. Chapter Thirteen SCOTTISH PRESS: NEWS TRANSMISSION AND NETWORKS BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 313
  20. Chapter Fourteen WALES AND THE NEWS 344
  21. Chapter Fifteen EUROPEAN EXCHANGES, NETWORKS AND CONTEXTS 364
  22. Chapter Sixteen TRANSLATION AND THE PRESS 384
  23. Chapter Seventeen WOMEN AND THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRINT TRADE 406
  24. Chapter Eighteen THE MEDICAL PRESS 423
  25. Chapter Nineteen COMMENTING AND REFLECTING ON THE NEWS 451
  26. Chapter Twenty NEWSPAPERS AND WAR 472
  27. Chapter Twenty-one CRIME AND TRIAL REPORTING 493
  28. Chapter Twenty-two LITERARY AND REVIEW JOURNALISM 511
  29. Chapter Twenty-three PRESS AND POLITICS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 529
  30. Chapter Twenty-four RELIGION AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PRESS 546
  31. Chapter Twenty-five RUNAWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE ENSLAVED 564
  32. Chapter Twenty-six THE PRESS IN LITERATURE AND DRAMA 575
  33. Chapter Twenty-seven INFORMATIONAL ABUNDANCE AND MATERIAL ABSENCE IN THE DIGITISED EARLY MODERN PRESS: THE CASE FOR CONTEXTUAL DIGITISATION 586
  34. CONCLUDING COMMENTS 602
  35. KEY PRESS AND PERIODICAL EVENTS TIMELINE, 1605–1800 604
  36. BIBLIOGRAPHY 623
  37. INDEX 678
  38. Plate 693
The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 1
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS x
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xvii
  5. CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES xix
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. Chapter One BUSINESS OF THE PRESS 28
  8. Chapter Two PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 53
  9. Chapter Three LEGAL CONTEXTS: LICENSING, CENSORSHIP AND CENSURE 77
  10. Chapter Four READERS AND READERSHIPS 101
  11. Chapter Five FROM NEWS WRITERS TO JOURNALISTS: AN EMERGING PROFESSION? 129
  12. Chapter Six FROM MANUSCRIPT TO PRINT: THE MULTIMEDIA NEWS SYSTEM 148
  13. Chapter Seven NEWSBOOK TO NEWSPAPER: CHANGING FORMAT, LAYOUT AND ILLUSTRATION IN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICAL NEWS 170
  14. Chapter Eight THE EVOLVING LANGUAGE OF THE PRESS 195
  15. Chapter Nine NEWS, DEBATE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE 220
  16. Chapter Ten IRISH PERIODICAL NEWS 239
  17. Chapter Eleven THE SCOTTISH PRESS 268
  18. Chapter Twelve THE MARKET FOR THE NEWS IN SCOTLAND 285
  19. Chapter Thirteen SCOTTISH PRESS: NEWS TRANSMISSION AND NETWORKS BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 313
  20. Chapter Fourteen WALES AND THE NEWS 344
  21. Chapter Fifteen EUROPEAN EXCHANGES, NETWORKS AND CONTEXTS 364
  22. Chapter Sixteen TRANSLATION AND THE PRESS 384
  23. Chapter Seventeen WOMEN AND THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRINT TRADE 406
  24. Chapter Eighteen THE MEDICAL PRESS 423
  25. Chapter Nineteen COMMENTING AND REFLECTING ON THE NEWS 451
  26. Chapter Twenty NEWSPAPERS AND WAR 472
  27. Chapter Twenty-one CRIME AND TRIAL REPORTING 493
  28. Chapter Twenty-two LITERARY AND REVIEW JOURNALISM 511
  29. Chapter Twenty-three PRESS AND POLITICS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 529
  30. Chapter Twenty-four RELIGION AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PRESS 546
  31. Chapter Twenty-five RUNAWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE ENSLAVED 564
  32. Chapter Twenty-six THE PRESS IN LITERATURE AND DRAMA 575
  33. Chapter Twenty-seven INFORMATIONAL ABUNDANCE AND MATERIAL ABSENCE IN THE DIGITISED EARLY MODERN PRESS: THE CASE FOR CONTEXTUAL DIGITISATION 586
  34. CONCLUDING COMMENTS 602
  35. KEY PRESS AND PERIODICAL EVENTS TIMELINE, 1605–1800 604
  36. BIBLIOGRAPHY 623
  37. INDEX 678
  38. Plate 693
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