Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 /

McAuley, Louis Kirk, 1970-

Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 / Louis Kirk McAuley. - Lewisburg : Rowman & Littlefield, [2013] - xv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Transits : literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.

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.

9781611485431 (cloth)




Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 --Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 --Criticism and interpretation.


English literature--Scottish authors--History and criticism.
Scottish literature--History and criticism.--18th century
American literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Politics and literature--History--18th century.
Printing--Political aspects--History--Scotland--18th century.
Printing--Political aspects--History--United States--18th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History--Scotland--18th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--18th century.

PR 8547 / .M35 2013

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