Title Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 / Louis Kirk McAuley.

Descript 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Series Transits : literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 Transits (Bucknell University) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Noise (and noise abatement) in Scotland and America -- To "bring forward a general scream" : George Whitefield, mob rules, and the noise of religious enthusiasm -- The "torrent's roar" : agricultural improvement, colonial administration, and the reorganization of noise in James Macpherson's The poems of Ossian -- Creating a "perfect union of opinion" : the polygraph, Thomas Jefferson, and the presidential election of 1800 -- "Periodical visitations" : crises of representation in Charles Brockden Brown's Arthur Mervyn. Summary This book investigates the mediation of popular-political culture in Scotland and America, from the transatlantic religious revivals known as the Great Awakening to the U.S. presidential election of 1800. By focusing on Scotland and America, this book aims to increase our understanding of how tensions (ethnic, racial, economic, political, aesthetic, and religious) within these corresponding political and cultural arenas altered print's meaning and power as an instrument of empire and nation building. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Macpherson, James, 1736-1796 -- Criticism and interpretation. Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 -- Criticism and interpretation. Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. (OCoLC)fst00046877 Macpherson, James, 1736-1796. (OCoLC)fst00014688 English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism. Scottish literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. American literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Politics and literature -- History -- 18th century. Printing -- Political aspects -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Printing -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Journalism -- Political aspects -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113 English literature -- Scottish authors. (OCoLC)fst00912167 Journalism -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00984078 Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960 Printing -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01426339 Scottish literature. (OCoLC)fst01109206 Scotland. (OCoLC)fst01206715 United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 1700-1799 Alt Author Bucknell University Press. ISBN 9781611485448 (electronic bk.) 1611485444 (electronic bk.) 9781611485431 1611485436 (hbk. ; acid-free paper)