Grub Street Journal

The Grub-Street Journal, published from 8 January 1730 to 1738,[1][2][3] was a satire on popular journalism and hack-writing as it was conducted in Grub Street in London.[4] It was largely edited by the nonjuror Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn. While he disclaimed it, Alexander Pope was one of its contributors,[2][3] continuing his satire which he had started with The Dunciad.

After its end, The Literary Courier of Gruber Street succeeded it for a few months.[1]

References

1. Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1908). The text of Shakespeare: its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald. C. Scribner's sons. p. 383.
2. Alexander Pope; John Wilson Croker; Whitwell Elwin; William John Courthope (1882). The works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4. J. Murray. p. 441.
3. Alexander Pope; John Dennis (1891). The poetical works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3. G. Bell. p. 3.
4. Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1908). The text of Shakespeare: its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald. C. Scribner's sons. p. 390.

Bibliography

• Goldgar, Bertrand A., ed. (2002). The Grub-Street Journal, 1730-33. London: Pickering & Chatto. ISBN 1851967443. Facsimile reprint in 4 volumes.
• Hillhouse, James T. (1967) [1928]. The Grub-Street Journal (Reissued. Illustrated ed.). New York: Benjamin Blom.

External links

• Grub Street: The Literary and the Literatory in Eighteenth-Century Britain
• Grub Street Journal, first four volumes, at Hathi Trust