Eighteenth-Century Periodicals as Agents of Change

Ellen Krefting, Ph.D. (2005), University of Oslo, is Associate Professor in the History of Ideas at the Department of philosophy, classics, history of art and ideas (IFIKK), University of Oslo (Norway). She has published on 17th and 18th century intellectual history and media history in Europe and Denmark-Norway.Aina Nøding, Ph.D. (2007), University of Oslo, is Research Fellow in Scandinavian Literature, University of Bergen. Her work includes publications on book history and media history in Denmark and Norway (1700–1900), and scholarly commentaries on Henrik Ibsen’s and Ludvig Holberg’s writings.Mona Ringvej, Ph.D. (2004), University of Oslo, is an historian and editor. Her scholarly work includes publications on ancient political and cultural history, eighteenth- and nineteenth century political theory in Europe and press history in Denmark-Norway.

“brilliant essays […]. This excellent collection should be read by anyone interested in Enlightenment thought and society”. Philipp Reisner, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2016), pp. 1045-1047.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Illustrations and FiguresList of Contributors IntroductionEllen Krefting, Aina Nøding and Mona RingvejSection I: International transfersChapter 1“Northern varieties: Contrasting the Dano-Norwegian and the Swedish-Finnish Enlightenments”Jonathan IsraelChapter 2“For the laity, as well as for the learned: Some themes and structures in the system of early modern learned periodicals”Ingemar OscarssonChapter 3“The editor as scout: The rapid mediation of international texts in provincial journals” Aina NødingChapter 4“Struensee in Britain: The Interpretation of the Struensee Affair in British periodicals, 1772”Merethe RoosChapter 5“Transferring propaganda: Gustavian politics in two Göttingen journals”Mathias PerssonSection II: Political transfersChapter 6“Big theories and humble realities: Censorship and public opinion in the eighteenth century”Edoardo TortaroloChapter 7“To rule is to communicate: The absolutist system of political communication in Denmark-Norway 1660-1750”Jakob MaliksChapter 8“The urge to write: Spectator journalists negotiating freedom of the press in Denmark–Norway”Ellen Krefting Chapter 9“Developing a new political text culture in Denmark-Norway 1770–1799” Kjell Lars BergeChapter 10“How to criticize governmental policy without freedom of the press in late eighteenth-century Denmark–Norway” Hilde SandvikChapter 11“Legislators, journals, and the public legal sphere in Scandinavia around 1800”Dag MichalsenSection III: Theatrical transfersChapter 12"Theatre, patriotism, and politics in Denmark–Norway, 1772‒1814”Anette Storli AndersenChapter 13“The politics of passion: Absolutism, opera, and critique in Gustavian Sweden”Erling SandmoChapter 14“Bowing deeply without tipping over: The theatrical panegyrics of absolutism”Mona RingvejChapter 15“Paradigms of criticism in the eighteenth century: Some considerations concerning publicity and secrecy”Eivind TjønnelandSection V: Digital transfersChapter 16“Research-driven collaborative metadata collection: Indexing and digitizing Norwegian periodicals, 1700–1820”Hege Stensrud HøsøienChapter 17“Indexing the Enlightenment: Remarks on digital and international transfers in eighteenth-century periodicals”Flemming SchockBibliographyIndex