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The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century: Anxious Employment (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature) by Iona Italia is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Iona Italia
Publisher
London ; New York: Routledge
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9781134288366
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Literary Criticism, History, Literary Fiction

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