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Article: Journals, Literary
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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JOURNALS, LITERARY
JOURNALS, LITERARY.
Literary journals appeared in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to provide a growing readership with news and gossip about literary matters and a sampling of contemporary writings. Like novels, coffeehouses, and salons, literary journals appealed to an emerging public keen on fashioning its own cultural tastes and literary opinions.
Though the best-known literary journals, such as
The Tatler
and
The Spectator
in England, were independent publications launched by enterprising men of letters, others, especially early periodicals, originated from official sponsorship. The
Journal des savants,
for example, was created by Jean-Baptiste Colbert ...