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A Skeleton of the Nation: Networks and Infrastructure in The Review.

Authors :
Buckley, Jennifer
Source :
Eighteenth-Century Studies; Fall2023, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p87-105, 19p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

This article argues that Daniel Defoe's tendency to write as a form of narrative cartographer predates his novels of the 1720s and owes much to his periodical writing in the early 1700s. Defoe's Review (1704–13) is an unusually peripatetic periodical, written while its author was travelling widely on the business of Robert Harley. Focusing on the periodical's early years (1704–5), this article explores how The Review acts as a repository for geospatial information. It uses correspondence and advertisements to consider how the periodical details the logistics of its publication and distribution, and how that distribution responds to changes in national infrastructure and politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00132586
Volume :
57
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173035819
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/ecs.2023.a909455