The rise and fall of early American magazine culture / Jared Gardner.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:History of communication.
Main Author: Gardner, Jared
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:History of communication.
Subjects:
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
Periodicals > Publishing > United States > History > 18th century.
Literature publishing > United States > History > 18th century.
American periodicals > History > 18th century.
Authors and publishers > United States > History > 18th century.
Physical Description:xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: the literary museum and the unsettling of the early American novel
  • American spectators, tatlers, and guardians: transatlantic periodical culture in the eighteenth century
  • The American magazine in the early national period: publishers, printers, and editors
  • The American magazine in the early national period: readers, correspondents, and contributors
  • The early American magazine in the nineteenth century: Brown, Rowson, and Irving
  • Conclusion: what happened next.