The rise and fall of early American magazine culture [[electronic resource] /] / Jared Gardner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779464503321
• Autore: Gardner Jared
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-252-09381-X; 1-283-99349-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Collana: The history of communication
• Disciplina: 070.5/72097309033
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Countering assumptions about early American print culture and challenging our scholarly fixation on the novel, Gardner re-imagines the early American magazine as a literary culture that operated as a model for nation-building by celebrating editorship over authorship and serving as a virtual salon.