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Uriel HeydReading newspaperspress and public in eighteenth-century Britain and AmericaOxford : Voltaire Foundation, coll. "SVEC", 2012.302 p.Prix : £65 / €85 / $110.EAN : 9780729410427.Présentation de l'éditeur :In their first century of uninterrupted publication, newspapers reached  an all-embracing readership: male and female, noble and artisan, in  both town and country.Adopting a comparative approach, Uriel Heyd traces the culture of  newspaper reading in Britain and America. Previously unexplored sources  such as newspaper indexes and introductions, plays, auction catalogues  and a unique newspaper collection assembled and annotated by a Bostonian  shopkeeper, provide invaluable access to perceptions of the press,  reading practices, and the ever-changing experience of consumers. While  newspapers supplied news of immediacy and relevance, their effect  transcended the here and now, influencing readers’ perceptions of the  age in which they lived and helping to shape historical memory.Table des matières :IntroductionPart I Newspapers1. The role of the press2. Consuming the newspaper3. Sorting the newspaper: printer- and reader-compiled indexesPart II Readers4. The newspaper world on stage5. Quidnunc: the obsessive reader6. The reader as collector: shaping time and spaceConclusionAppendix 1: Harbottle Dorr: biographical sketchAppendix 2: Classification of index contentsAppendix 3: Dorr’s index: content categoriesBibliographyIndexTo order this book or other Voltaire Foundation publications: http://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/www_vf/orders/orders.ssi