Studies in Ephemera: Text and Image in Eighteenth-Century Print (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850)

Synopsis

Introduction : Fugitive Pieces And Gaudy Books : Textual, Historical, And Visual Interpretations Of Ephemera In The Long Eighteenth Century / Kevin D. Murphy And Sally O'driscoll -- Of Grubs And Other Insects : Constructing The Categories Of Ephemera And Literature In Eighteenth-century British Writing / Paula Mcdowell -- Digitizing Ephemera And Its Discontents : Ebba's Quest To Capture The Protean Broadside Ballad / Patricia Fumerton -- What Gets Printed From Oral Traditions : Anna Gordon's Ephemeral Ballads / Ruth Perry -- Approaches To Ephemera : Scottish Broadsides, 1679-1746 / Adam Fox -- Ephemera At The American Antiquarian Society : Perspectives On Commercial Life In The Long Eighteenth Century / Georgia Barnhill -- Making Sense Of Broadside Ballad Illustrations In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / Alexandra Franklin -- A Battleground Around The Crime : The Visuality Of Execution Ephemera And Its Cultural Significances In Late Seventeenth-century England / Tara Burk -- From The Easter Wedding To The Frantick Lover : The Repeated Woodcut And Its Shifting Roles / Theodore Barrow -- What Kind Of Man Do The Clothes Make? Print Culture And The Meanings Of Macaroni Effeminacy / Sally O'driscoll. Edited By Kevin D. Murphy And Sally O'driscoll. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.