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Chapter 1 - A View of London’s Mediascape, circa 1741–1776

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2019

Leslie Ritchie
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Queen's University, Ontario
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“A View of London’s Mediascape, circa 1741–1776” renders a historical account of contemporary media, and their audiences and distribution, with particular attention to the implications of the print industry’s dominant business model, booksellers’ congers, for the construction and dissemination of theatrical information. It finishes with a portrait of Garrick as a participant in this mediascape, outlining his media-reading and correspondence practices.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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