基本説明
This book reexamines early magazines and their reach to show how magazine culture was multivocal and presented a porous distinction between author and reader, as opposed to novel culture, which imposed a one-sided authorial voice and restricted the agency of the reader.
Full Description
Countering assumptions about early American print culture and challenging our scholarly fixation on the novel, Jared Gardner reimagines the early American magazine as a rich literary culture that operated as a model for nation-building by celebrating editorship over authorship and serving as a virtual salon in which citizens were invited to share their different perspectives. The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture reexamines early magazines and their reach to show how magazine culture was multivocal and presented a porous distinction between author and reader, as opposed to novel culture, which imposed a one-sided authorial voice and restricted the agency of the reader.
Contents
CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Literary Museum and the Unsettling of the Early American Novel1. American Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Transatlantic Periodical Culture in the Eighteenth C2. The American Magazine in the Early National Period: Publishers, Printers and Editors3. The American Magazine in the Early National Period: Readers, Correspondents, and Contributors4. The Early American Magazine in the Nineteenth Century: Brown, Rowson, and IrvingConclusion: What Happened NextNotesIndexBack Cover
