Book ID: CBB975011281

Pen, print and communication in the eighteenth century (2020)

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Archer-Parré, Caroline (Editor)
Dick, Malcolm (Editor)


Liverpool University Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 272
Language: English

During the eighteenth century there was a growing interest in recording, listing and documenting the world, whether for personal interest and private consumption, or general record and the greater good. Such documentation was done through both the written and printed word. Each genre had itsown material conventions and spawned industries which supported these practices. This volume considers writing and printing in parallel: it highlights the intersections between the two methods of communication; discusses the medium and materiality of the message; considers how writing and printing were deployed in the construction of personal and cultural identities; and explores the different dimensions surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of private and public letters, words and texts during the eighteenth-century. In combination the chapters in this volume consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered personal, political, economic, social and cultural change in Britain and the wider-world. This volume provides an original narrative on the natureof communication and brings a fresh perspective on printing history, print culture and the literate society of the Enlightenment.

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Authors & Contributors
Orr, Leah
Ann Gray
Lazo, Rodrigo
Jacobowitz, Seth
Lindsay O'Neill
Middeke-Conlin, Robert
Concepts
Methods of communication; media
Writing
Technology and culture
Communication
Mass media
Printing industry
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
21st century
20th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
Great Britain
United States
Philadelphia, PA
Larsa
Atlantic world
New England (U.S.)
Institutions
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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