News Networks in Seventeenth Century Britain and EuropeJoad Raymond Examining new research, this excellent volume presents a series of case-studies exemplifying the new newspaper history. Using cross-cultural comparisons, Joad Raymond establishes an agenda for answering crucial questions central to the future histories of the political and literary culture of early-modern Britain: * What is the relationship between the circulation of news in Britain and communication networks elsewhere in Europe?
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Contents
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England in a European system of communications | 19 |
3 Filippo de Vivo Paolo Sarpi and the Uses of Information in SeventeenthCentury Venice | 35 |
4 Marcus Nevitt Ben Jonson and the Serial Publication of News | 51 |
5 Nicholas Brownlees Spoken Discourse in Early English Newspapers | 67 |
6 Jason McElligott A Couple of Hundred Squabbling Small Tradesmen? Censorship the Stationers Company and the state in early modern England | 85 |