Eighteenth century journals: a portal to newspapers and periodicals, c1685-1815.

 The Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1815 offers seamless, integrated access to the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas and the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London and the Cambridge University Library  and Chetham’s Library, Manchester and Brotherton Library, University of Leeds of the digital project of Eighteenth Century Journals.This Portal brings together rare journals printed between c1685 and 1815, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.Topics covered are extremely wide-ranging and include: the writings of Sir Isaac Newton; the French and American Revolutions; colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, reviews of literature, the theater, and fashion throughout Europe; the origins and rise of Romanticism; political debates; gender, religion, influence of the press, and coffee house gossip and discussion.

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