Writer by Trade: James Ralph’s Claims to Authorship

To the enterprising journalists of early eighteenth-century Great Britain, the refined status of “author” remained elusive. Journalism itself was a nascent occupation formed in the processes of cultural legitimatization, commercialization, and politicization of authorship. In London, James Ralph, an...

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Main Author: William Thomas Mari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ghent University 2015-11-01
Series:Authorship
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Online Access:http://www.authorship.ugent.be/article/view/1439/1449