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Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 /

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Main Author: McAuley, Louis Kirk, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Lewisburg, Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press, [2013]
Series:Transits (Bucknell University)
Subjects:
Macpherson, James, > 1736-1796 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Charles Brockden, > 1771-1810 > Criticism and interpretation.
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
Scottish literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > History > 18th century.
Printing > Political aspects > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Printing > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Journalism > Political aspects > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Journalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Noise (and noise abatement) in Scotland and America
  • To "bring forward a general scream" : George Whitefield, mob rules, and the noise of religious enthusiasm
  • The "torrent's roar" : agricultural improvement, colonial administration, and the reorganization of noise in James Macpherson's The poems of Ossian
  • Creating a "perfect union of opinion" : the polygraph, Thomas Jefferson, and the presidential election of 1800
  • "Periodical visitations" : crises of representation in Charles Brockden Brown's Arthur Mervyn.

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