In combination the chapters in this volume consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered personal, political, economic, social and...
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In combination the chapters in this volume consider how the processes of both writing and printing contributed to the creation of cultural identity and taste, assisted in the spread of knowledge and furthered personal, political, economic, social and cultural change in Britain and the wider-world
"'Pen, Print and Communication in the Eighteenth Century' comprises a selection of papers presented at the 2015 Baskerville Society conference and others specially commissioned for the publication." - Acknowledgements
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction, Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick1. The Growth of Copperplate Script: Joseph Champion and The Universal Penman, Nicolas Barker2. Authorship in script and print: the example of engraved handwriting manuals of the eighteenth century, Giles Bergel3.Writing and the preservation of cultural identity: the penmanship manuals of Zaharija Orfelin, Persida Lazarevic Di Giacomo4. The most beautiful hand : John Byrom and the aesthetics of shorthand, Timothy Underhill5. An Archaeology of the Letter Writing: the correspondence of aristocratic women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, Ruth Larsen6. Private pleasures and portable presses: do-it-yourself printers in the eighteenth-century, Caroline Archer-Parré7. Performance and print culture: two eighteenth-century actresses and their image control, Joanna Jarvis8. Script, print, and the public/private divide: Sir David Ochterlony s dying words, Callie Wilkinson9. Identity, enigma, assemblage: John Baskerville s Vocabulary, or Pocket Dictionary, Lynda Muggleston10. Marigolds not manufacturing: plants, print and commerce in eighteenth-century Birmingham, Elaine Mitchell11. Tourist Experience and the Manufacturing Town: James Bisset s Magnificent Directory of Birmingham, Jenni Dixon12. Forging an identity on the periphery of the Enlightenment: Malta in print in the eighteenth-century, Robert Thake13. Perceptions of England: the production and reception of English theatrical publications in Germany and the Netherlands during the eighteenth century, Emil Rybczak14. Print Culture and Distribution: Circulating the Federalist Papers in post-Revolutionary America, Peter Pellizzari15. The serif-less letters of John Soane, Jon MeltonNotes on the ContributorsIndex
