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The London Review, 1829–1830

from Annotated Bibliography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2012

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While introducing itself, the London Review summarized the press of 1829.

1. [White, Joseph Blanco]. “Journals and Reviews.” 1 (1829): 1–9.

Paralleled the contemporary press and the ancient agora or forum because each spread opinion. Newspapers in 1829, issued weekly and daily, disseminated useful advertising of goods and services as well as poetry and stories of the “peculiarly bloody murder” and “domestic intrigue” that distracted readers from opinion columns. The “daily journals” were different from the “dignified periodicals” only in degree. Even the reviews resorted to poems and tales in order to sell. “The love of amusement is the leading tendency of a refined society, and the higher the refinements, the more are men inclined to seek their amusement with the least possible exertion” of the mind. By satisfying this bent, the serious press was weakening the power of concentration “necessary to attain excellence in any one branch of information.” The goals of the London Review were “to stimulate instead of palling curiosity” and to be politically impartial because in calmer social times, readers preferred independence.

2. “Social Life of England and France.” 1 (1829): 171–98.

Posited that Joseph Addison in the Spectator set the precedent for addressing “light literature” to both sexes, thus making it purer.

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Publisher: Anthem Press
Print publication year: 2012

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