The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth-Century Anxious Employment (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature)

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. Appealing To Scholars Studying Media, History And Literature, The Rise Of Literary Journalism Is A Much-needed Addition To The Fruitful Areas Of Literary Journalism Studies And The Enlightenment.--jacket. Introduction : The Rise Of The Periodical -- 1. 'censor-general Of Great Britain' : The Tatler And The Editor As Social Monitor -- 2. 'the Conversation Of My Drawing-room' : The Female Editor And The Public Sphere In The Female Tatler -- 3. 'in Clubs And Assemblies, As Tea-tables, And In Coffee-houses' : The Spectator And The Shift From The Editorial Club To The Club Of Correspondents -- 4. 'faction And Nonsense' : The Rivalry Between Common Sense And The Nonsense Of Common Sense -- 5. Inventor Or Plagiarist? : Edward Cave And The First Magazine -- 6. Polite, Genteel, Elegant : The Female Spectator And The Editor's Pretensions To Gentility -- 7. 'writing Like A Teacher' : Johnson As Moralist In The Rambler. Iona Italia. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [228]-239) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 1 ‘Censor-General of Great Britain’......Page 36 2 ‘The Conversation of my Drawing-Room’......Page 62 3 ‘In Clubs and Assemblies......Page 79 4 ‘Faction and Nonsense’: the rivalry between Common......Page 106 5 Inventor or Plagiarist?......Page 123 6 Polite, genteel, elegant......Page 136 7 ‘Writing like a teacher’......Page 153 8 ‘A becoming sensibility’......Page 178 9 ‘Studies proper for women’......Page 191 10 ‘Buried among the essays upon liberty, eastern tales, and cures for the bite of a mad dog’......Page 219 Notes......Page 236 Bibliography......Page 241 Index......Page 253 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