From Grub Street to Fleet Street: An Illustrated History of English Newspapers to 1899Grub Street was a real place, a place of poverty and vice. It was also a metaphor for journalists and other writers of ephemeral publications and, by implication, the infant newspaper industry. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, journalists were held in low regard, even by their fellow journalists who exchanged torrents of mutual abuse in the pages of their newspapers. But Grub Street's vitality and its battles with authority laid the foundations of modern Fleet Street. In this book, Bob Clarke examines the origination and development of the English newspaper from its early origin in the broadsides of the sixteenth century, through the burgeoning of the press during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, to its arrival as a respectable part of the establishment in the nineteenth century. Along the way this narrative is illuminated with stories of the characters who contributed to the growth of the English press in all its rich variety of forms, and how newspapers tailored their contents to particular audiences. As well as providing a detailed chronological history, the volume focuses on specific themes important to the development of the English newspaper. These include such issues as state censorship and struggles for the freedom of the press, the growth of advertising and its effect on editorial policy, the impact on editorial strategies of taxation policy, increased literacy rates and social changes, the rise of provincial newspapers and the birth of the Sunday paper and the popular press. The book also describes the content of newspapers, and includes numerous extracts and illustrations that vividly portray the way in which news was reported to provide a colourful picture of the social history of their times. Written in a lively and engaging manner, this volume will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in English social history, print culture or journalism. |
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... means . The full extent of Pope's involvement with the journal is not known . He contributed numerous verses to the early issues , and the editors , Richard Russel and John Martyn , went out of their way to pick a fight with anybody ...
... means . The full extent of Pope's involvement with the journal is not known . He contributed numerous verses to the early issues , and the editors , Richard Russel and John Martyn , went out of their way to pick a fight with anybody ...
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... Means of detelling of many Rouzers , and of apprebending fo many OFFENDERS , that it may be proper to give THIS PUBLIC NOTICE , That , for the Future , all Infor stions of this Kind , fent to BOW - STXEET , will be conflantly inferted ...
... Means of detelling of many Rouzers , and of apprebending fo many OFFENDERS , that it may be proper to give THIS PUBLIC NOTICE , That , for the Future , all Infor stions of this Kind , fent to BOW - STXEET , will be conflantly inferted ...
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... means of using up spare printing capacity or a means to advertise a bookseller's publications , a plaything to be The Eighteenth - century Newspaper , 1750-1800 99.
... means of using up spare printing capacity or a means to advertise a bookseller's publications , a plaything to be The Eighteenth - century Newspaper , 1750-1800 99.
Contents
The Beginnings of the English Newspaper 15131695 | 11 |
The Developing Newspaper 16951750 | 39 |
The Mature Eighteenthcentury Newspaper 17501800 | 77 |
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From Grub Street to Fleet Street: An Illustrated History of English ... Bob Clarke Limited preview - 2017 |
From Grub Street to Fleet Street: An Illustrated History of English ... Bob Clarke No preview available - 2010 |
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The Commodification of Textual Engagements in the English Renaissance Michael Saenger Limited preview - 2006 |