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A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Literary journals.

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of... In the former part of the seventeenth century, "it was a consolation, at least for the unsuccessful writer, that he fell insensibly into oblivion. If he committed-the private folly of printing what no one would purchase, he had only to settle the matter with his publisher: he was not arraigned at the public tribunal as if he had committed a crime of magnitude." But in the latter part of that century, periodical Criticism began to brandish its formidable weapon, and those who undertook to write for the public were placed in a new situation. Publications, made at stated intervals, giving accounts and abstracts of new books, and announcing new discoveries and improvements in science, then took their rise, and have been ever since continued. The eighteenth century is chiefly remarkable for an increase of their number, for various changes in their form and character, for their more general circulation, and for a corresponding extension of their influence on the taste and opinions of the public. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Literary journals.

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Publisher
T and J Swords
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Copyright © 1803 American Psychological Association
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234 –247
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10.1037/11673-010
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In the former part of the seventeenth century, "it was a consolation, at least for the unsuccessful writer, that he fell insensibly into oblivion. If he committed-the private folly of printing what no one would purchase, he had only to settle the matter with his publisher: he was not arraigned at the public tribunal as if he had committed a crime of magnitude." But in the latter part of that century, periodical Criticism began to brandish its formidable weapon, and those who undertook to write for the public were placed in a new situation. Publications, made at stated intervals, giving accounts and abstracts of new books, and announcing new discoveries and improvements in science, then took their rise, and have been ever since continued. The eighteenth century is chiefly remarkable for an increase of their number, for various changes in their form and character, for their more general circulation, and for a corresponding extension of their influence on the taste and opinions of the public. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

Keywords: literary journals; publications; eighteenth century; public opinion

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