Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 / Louis Kirk McAuley.

Author/creator McAuley, Louis Kirk, 1970-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]
Descriptionxv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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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.

SeriesTransits : literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013030374
ISBN9781611485431 (cloth)