H-210. The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700–1830 - Advance Reading List

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  • Required Reading

    For those new to the eighteenth century, the following chapter will be useful:

    Suarez, Michael F. Introduction to The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Vol. V, 1695–1830. Edited by Michael F. Suarez, S.J., and Michael L. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 1–35.

     

    In addition, the following are required reading:

    Batchelor, Jennie and Manushag N. Powell. Introduction to Women’s Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1690–1820s: The Long Eighteenth Century. Edited by Jennie Batchelor and Manushag N. Powell. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018, pp. 1–19.

     

    Selections from The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain. Volume V 1695–1830. Edited by Michael F. Suarez, S.J., and Michael L. Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

    • Harris, Michael. “London Newspapers,” pp. 413–33.
    • Tierney, James, “Periodicals and the Trade, 1696–1780,” pp. 479–497.

  • Optional Reading

    Additional optional reading for those interested:

    Barker, Hannah. Newspapers, Politics and English Society, 1695–1855. London: Longman, 2000.

     

    Batchelor, Jennie. The Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832) and the Making of Literary History. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

     

    Ezell, Margaret J. M. Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.

     

    Klancher, Jon P. The Making of English Reading Audiences, 1790–1832. Madison:

    University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.

     

    Slauter, Will. “Upright Piracy: Understanding the Lack of Copyright for Journalism in Eighteenth-Century Britain.” Book History and Print Culture 16 (2013): 34–61.