Title: The Letters of the Republic
Description: Overview: The subject of Michael Warner's book is the rise of a nation. America, he shows, became a nation by developing a new kind of reading public, where one becomes a citizen by taking ones place as writer or reader. At heart, the United States is a republic of letters, and its birth can be dated from changes in the culture of printing in the early eighteenth century. The new and widespread use of print media transformed the relations between people and power in a way that set in motion the republican structure of government we have inherited.
Subjects: Literature publishing, Politics and literature, Literature and society, Popular culture, History and criticism, American literature, Books and reading, Printing, Public opinion, Publishers and publishing, History, Publishers and publishing, united states, Publishers and publishing, history, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, Printed ephemera, United states, history, American letters, Political aspects
Places: United States
Time periods: 1783-1850, 18th century