Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 1

Nicholas Brownlees is Professor of English Language at the University of Florence, Italy. He has written extensively on news discourse in the early modern era and has published in numerous international journals and with publishing houses such as Ashgate, Benjamins, Brepols, Brill, Cambridge Scholars, Peter Lang, Routledge, and Cambridge University Press (forthcoming). He edited The Role of Context in the Production and Reception of Historical News Discourse (Peter Lang, 2021). He is the founder and board member of the series of international conferences on Historical News Discourse (CHINED).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Nicholas Brownlees 1. Business of the Press, 1640–1800: Nicholas Brownlees and David FinkelsteinCase Study 1: The Times: David Finkelstein2. Production and Distribution: Helen S. Williams3. Legal Contexts: Licensing, Censorship and Censure: Geoff Kemp and Jason McElligott4. Readers and Readerships: Sophie H. JonesCase Study 2: Readerships in Eighteenth-Century Liverpool: Sophie H. Jones5. From News Writers to Journalists: An Emerging Profession?: Martin ConboyCase Study 3: Daniel Defoe: Martin Conboy6. From Manuscript to Print: The Multimedia News System: Rachael Scarborough KingCase Study 4: The Post Boy: Rachael Scarborough King7. Newsbook to Newspaper: Changing Format, Layout and Illustration in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Periodical News: Yann RyanCase Study 5: Form, Layout, and the Digitised Newspaper: Irish News in 1649: Yann Ryan8. The Evolving Language of the Press: Nicholas Brownlees and Birte BösCase Study 6: The Press and the Standard Accent: Massimo Sturiale9. News, Debate and the Public Sphere: Pat RogersCase Study 7: Nathaniel Mist: Pat Rogers10. Irish Periodical News, 1640–1800: Toby BarnardCase Study 8: Ireland's First Newspaper: Mercurius　Hibernicus　and the Court of Claims 1663: Colum Kenny Case Study 9: The Early Years of the Freeman’s Journal, 1763–1806: Felix M. Larkin11. The Scottish Press: Rhona BrownCase Study 10: Reading the News in Scotland: The Jacobite Rising of 1715: Anette Hagan12. The Market for the News in Scotland: Stephen W. BrownCase Study 11: Newspaper Access and Distribution beyond the Scottish Capital: The Daily Practicalities: Iain Beavan13. Scottish Press: News Transmission and Networks between Scotland and America in the Eighteenth Century: Mark G. SpencerCase Study 12: ‘Farewell to the Highlands’: Or, How Broadsides Helped Create Images of the Scottish Diaspora: Marina Dossena 14. Wales and the News, 1640–1800: Sarah Ward Clavier15. European Exchanges, Networks and Contexts 1640–1800: Brendan Dooley16. Translation and the Press: Mairi McLaughlin and Nicholas BrownleesCase Study 13: Gazette de Londres: Nicholas Brownlees17. Women and the Eighteenth-Century Print Trade: Rebecca ShapiroCase Study 14: Anne Fisher and the Print Trade: Rebecca Shapiro18. The Medical Press, 1640–1800: Irma TaavitsainenCase Study 15: Knowing the Parts of Woman: How Knowledge about Reproduction and Childbirth is Communicated in the Earliest Medical Press: Richard J. Whitt19. Commenting and Reflecting on the News: Edward TaylorCase Study 16: John Tutchin and George Ridpath’s Observator (1702–12): Edward Taylor20. Newspapers and War: Nicole GreenspanCase Study 17: Mercurius Politicus and the Jamaica invasion (1655): Nicole Greenspan21. Crime and Trial Reporting (1640–1800): Elisabetta CecconiCase Study 18: Reporting the Assassination of the Archbishop of St. Andrews (1679): Elisabetta Cecconi22. Literary and Review Journalism: Hye-Joon YoonCase Study 19: The Scottish Enlightenment in The Monthly and The Critical: Hye-Joon Yoon23. Press and Politics in the Seventeenth Century: Lena LiapiCase Study 20: ‘A Hellish Conspiracy’: news reportage of the 1696 Assassination Plot: Lena Liapi24. Religion and the Seventeenth-Century Press: Katie McKeogh and Sarah Ward Clavier Case Study 21: Papistry and the News: Katie McKeogh and Sarah Ward Clavier 25. Runaway Announcements and Narratives of the Enslaved: John W. Cairns26. The Press in Literature and Drama: Michael PalmerCase Study 22: Ben Jonson27. Informational Abundance and Material Absence in the Digitised Early Modern Press: The Case for Contextual Digitisation: Paul GoodingCase Study 23: The London Gazette, or printing the news in a pandemic: Paul GoodingConcluding Comments Timeline of Significant Events Bibliography Additional Notes

This is an indispensable collection, which skilfully maps the territory of news in early modern Britain, explores the central issues involved, and surveys a burgeoning historiography. At the same time, it also presents a wealth of striking evidence drawn from cutting-edge research, and highlights numerous avenues for further investigation. Essential reading.