Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media

Cover Title page Copyright page Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media Contents 1 Introduction: Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media Forms 1.1 General Characteristics of Early English Periodicals 1.2 English Periodicals in Literary History 1.3 Creating an Audience: Topicality, Fake News, and Newsbooks 2 Sociable Periodicals, 1690s–1700s: The Royal Society of London’s Philosophical Transactions, John Dunton’s the Athenian Mercury, and Peter Motteux’s, the Gentleman’s Journal 2.1 Publishing Serial Periodicals and Topical News 2.2 The Royal Society and the Philosophical Transactions 2.3 John Dunton, the Athenian Mercury, and the Ladies Mercury 2.4 Peter Motteaux and the Gentleman’s Journal 3 Sociable Periodicals, 1700s–1720s, Continuity and Change: Aaron Hill’s the British Apollo, the Female Tatler, and Daniel Defoe’s the Review 3.1 Aaron Hill and the British Apollo, Mrs. Crackenthorpe and the Female Tatler, and the Battle over Readers 3.2 Daniel Defoe and the Review: Capturing the Unsuspecting Reader with the Scandalous Club and the Little Review 4 Celebrity and the Changing Nature of Periodical Cultures: The Tatler, the Spectator, and their Rivals 4.1 Spinoffs, Rivals, and Duds 5 Epilogue: From Sociable Clubs to the Voice of Authority, 1740–1750s: Eliza Haywood’s the Female Spectator and Samuel Johnson’s the Rambler Bibliography Acknowledgments