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Breaking News

Renaissance Journalism and the Birth of the Newspaper

Jason Peacey author Chris R Kyle author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Published:6th Oct '08

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Traces the early development of the newspaper in England and its indelible mark left on modern news culture

The first newspaper arrived in England in 1620 and sparked a huge demand for up-to-the minute reports on domestic and world events. This title traces the development of the newspaper in England, from its origins in manuscript letters and imported corantos in Shakespeare's England, to the introduction of daily newspapers and regional journals.

The first newspaper arrived in England in 1620 and sparked a huge demand for up-to-the minute reports on domestic and world events. Men and women in Renaissance England were addicted to news, whether from the battlefields of Europe, or the scandal-filled salons of its courtiers. Newspapers commented on politics, crime, omens, bad weather, natural disasters, and strange apparitions.

Breaking News traces the development of the newspaper in England, from its origins in manuscript letters and imported corantos in Shakespeare’s England, to the introduction of daily newspapers, regional journals, and specialist magazines around 1700, as well as the first stirrings of American journalism. The examples of early journalism illustrated here reveal the indelible mark the early English newspaper has left on modern news culture.

…a beautiful exhibition catalog from the Folger Shakespeare Library on the 'revolution' in journalism in Renaissance England….

* Studies in English Literatu

ISBN: 9780295988733

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 635g

182 pages