The Grub Street Journal, 1730-33

Bertrand A Goldgar

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Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
25 September 2002

Literature: history & criticism

The Grub Street Journal was perhaps the most widely-read weekly journal in England of its period. The first four years are reprinted here, representing the journal in its prime in terms of quality and popularity. This edition is enhanced with a general introduction and comprehensive annotation. The Grub Street Journal was known for its witty and outrageous style. Edited by Richard Russel and John Matyn (for the first year and a half), the journal's aim was to attack lewd and vicious nonsense or wicked stupidity in order to reform the taste of the generality of Readers which is very much depraved. Swift, Fielding and Pope all had their works scrutinised by the journal and Pope was an occasional contributor himself. This reprint can be used as a resource for researchers interested in the Swift-Pope circle. The Grub Street Journal is also rich with political satire targeted at Robert Walpole's administration. The journal was also a reaction to the print explosion in England at that time which blessed England with a mass of hack writers and unscrupulous booksellers. The discussions and accounts of dubious practices that accompanied this boom are a useful source for academics studying the history of journalism and publishing.

By: Bertrand A Goldgar
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781851967445
ISBN 10: 1851967443
Pages: 1008
Publication Date: 25 September 2002
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Primary , Primary
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active

Bertrand A Goldgar is Professor of English at Lawrence University, Wisconsin. He has co-edited three volumes of the Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding (1988-97)

Reviews for The Grub Street Journal, 1730-33

'The Grub Street Journal is little known in large part because of its obscure allusions to often unnamed individuals and works, its very learned subjects, and its continual, implicit reliance on former articles. Frankly, so far as obscurity goes, I find the Grub Street Journal to be our period's Finnegans Wake. So, I especially appreciate all the help Goldgar offers in his notes' - James May, The East-Central Intelligencer'No one is more qualified to write about The Grub-Street Journal than Professor Goldgar... Professor Goldgar's introduction is succinctly informative and up-to-date on the editors and their political position'- J A Downie, The Library

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The Grub Street Journal, 1730-33

Bertrand A Goldgar

$683

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Reviews for The Grub Street Journal, 1730-33

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