Eighteenth-century periodicals as agents of change : perspectives on northern enlightenment / edited by Ellen Krefting, Aina Nding, Mona Ringvej.

Papers originally presented at the conference "Periodical transfers: Eighteenth Century Journals as Agents of Change," held at Bogstad Manor outside Oslo in June 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-341) and index.

Introduction / Ellen Krefting, Aina Noding and Mona Ringvej -- PART 1. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS. Northern varieties : contrasting the Dano-Norwegian and the Swedish-Finnish enlightenments / Jonathan Israel -- For the laity, as well as for the learned : some themes and structures in the system of early modern learned periodicals / Ingemar Oscarsson -- The editor as scout : the rapid mediation of international texts in provincial journals / Aina Noding -- Struensee in Britain : the interpretation of the Struensee Affair in British periodicals, 1772 / Merethe Roos -- Transferring propaganda : Gustavian politics in two G�ottingen journals / Mathias Persson -- PART 2. POLITICAL TRANSFERS. Big theories and humble realities : censorship and public opinion in the eighteenth century / Edoardo Tortarolo -- To rule is to communicate : the absolutist system of political communication in Denmark-Norway 1660-1750 / Jakob Maliks -- The urge to write : Spectator journalists negotiating freedom of the press in Denmark-Norway / Ellen Krefting -- Developing a new political text culture in Denmark-Norway 1770-1799 / Kjell Lars Berge -- How to criticize governmental policy without freedom of the press in late eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway / Hilde Sandvik -- Legislators, journals, and the public legal sphere in Scandinavia around 1800 / Dag Michalsen -- PART 3. THEATRICAL TRANSFERS. Theatre, patriotism, and politics in Denmark-Norway, 1772-1814 / Anette Storli Andersen -- The politics of passion : absolutism, opera, and critique in Gustavian Sweden / Erling Sandmo -- Bowing deeply without tipping over : the theatrical panegyrics of absolutism / Mona Ringvej -- Paradigms of criticism in the eighteenth century : some considerations concerning publicity and secrecy / Eivind Tjonneland.

"Periodicals were an essential medium during eighteenth-century Enlightenment. The era's growing number of newspapers and journals made possible a fast and vast dissemination of ideas and debates. Journals were a particularly important means of transmitting ideas, genres, texts, and pieces of information from country to country, from centre to periphery, and from press to subscribers. These journals became agents of change by mediating the increasingly profound and widespread urge to write and read and to engage in political debate. This volume, edited by Ellen Krefting, Aina N�ding and Mona Ringvej, presents contributions that explore this media revolution from a Northern perspective. The chapters throw new light on the reception of Enlightenment ideas and practices in Denmark-Norway, Sweden-Finland, and beyond. Taken together, they make a strong case for the transnational and revolutionary character of the Enlightenment as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.