Eighteenth-century periodicals as agents of change : perspectives on northern enlightenment / edited by Ellen Krefting, Aina Nøding, Mona Ringvej.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krefting, Ellen M.

Noding, Aina.

Ringvej, Mona R., 1970-

Series:

Library of the Written Word 42.

Library of the written word ; The Handpress world ; v. 42. volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Periodicals--History--18th century--Congresses.

Periodicals.

Enlightenment--Scandinavia--Congresses.

Enlightenment.

Social change--Scandinavia--History--18th century--Congresses.

Social change.

Intellectual life.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

Scandinavia--Intellectual life--18th century--Congresses.

Scandinavia.

Scandinavia--Social conditions--Congresses.

Scandinavia--Politics and government--Congresses.

Scandinavia--History--18th century--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

Periodicals were an essential medium during eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The era’s growing number of newspapers and journals made possible a fast and vast dissemination of ideas and debates. Journals were a particularly important means of transmitting ideas, genres, texts, and pieces of information from country to country, from centre to periphery, and from press to subscribers. These journals became agents of change by mediating the increasingly profound and widespread urge to write and read and to engage in political debate. This volume, edited by Ellen Krefting, Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej, presents contributions that explore this media revolution from a Northern perspective. The chapters throw new light on the reception of Enlightenment ideas and practices in Denmark–Norway, Sweden–Finland, and beyond. Taken together, they make a strong case for the transnational and revolutionary character of the Enlightenment as a whole.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ellen Krefting , Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej

Introduction / Ellen Krefting , Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej

Northern Varieties: Contrasting the Dano-Norwegian and the Swedish-Finnish Enlightenments / Jonathan Israel

For the Laity, as Well as for the Learned: Some Themes and Structures in the System of Early Modern Learned Periodicals / Ingemar Oscarsson

The Editor as Scout: The Rapid Mediation of International Texts in Provincial Journals / Aina Nøding

Struensee in Britain: The Interpretation of the Struensee Affair in British Periodicals, 1772 / Merethe Roos

Transferring Propaganda: Gustavian Politics in Two Göttingen Journals / Mathias Persson

Big Theories and Humble Realities: Censorship and Public Opinion in the Eighteenth Century / Edoardo Tortarolo

To Rule is to Communicate: The Absolutist System of Political Communication in Denmark–Norway 1660–1750 / Jakob Maliks

The Urge to Write: Spectator Journalists Negotiating Freedom of the Press in Denmark–Norway / Ellen Krefting

Developing a New Political Text Culture in Denmark–Norway 1770–1799 / Kjell Lars Berge

How to Criticize Governmental Policy without Freedom of the Press in Late Eighteenth-Century Denmark–Norway / Hilde Sandvik

Legislators, Journals, and the Public Legal Sphere in Scandinavia Around 1800 / Dag Michalsen

Theatre, Patriotism, and Politics in Denmark–Norway, 1772-1814 / Anette Storli Andersen

The Politics of Passion: Absolutism, Opera, and Critique in Gustavian Sweden / Erling Sandmo

Bowing Deeply without Tipping Over: The Theatrical Panegyrics of Absolutism / Mona Ringvej

Paradigms of Criticism in the Eighteenth Century: Some Considerations Concerning Publicity and Secrecy / Eivind Tjønneland

Research-Driven Collaborative Metadata Collection: Indexing and Digitizing Norwegian Periodicals, 1700–1820 / Hege Stensrud Høsøien

Indexing the Enlightenment: Remarks on Digital and International Transfers in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals / Flemming Schock

Bibliography / Ellen Krefting , Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej

Index / Ellen Krefting , Aina Nøding and Mona Ringvej.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the conference "Periodical transfers: Eighteenth Century Journals as Agents of Change," held at Bogstad Manor outside Oslo in June 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-29311-6

OCLC:

910504353

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004293113 DOI