Radical Designs: The Emergence of the Progressive Editorial in the Nineteenth-Century Press

<ul><li>This article traces the transformation of the newspaper editorial in the nineteenth century from a partisan platform narrowly focused on contemporary politics into a broader more inclusive genre engaging progressive cultural reform with a literary bent. After 1814, the newspaper...

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Main Author: David Dowling
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Published: Université Libre de Bruxelles 2017-01-01
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Online Access:http://surlejournalisme.com/rev/index.php/slj/article/view/161
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Radical Designs: The Emergence of the Progressive Editorial in the Nineteenth-Century Press
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editorials
Ralph Waldo Emerso
reform
progressive politics
literary journalism
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title Radical Designs: The Emergence of the Progressive Editorial in the Nineteenth-Century Press
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description <ul><li>This article traces the transformation of the newspaper editorial in the nineteenth century from a partisan platform narrowly focused on contemporary politics into a broader more inclusive genre engaging progressive cultural reform with a literary bent. After 1814, the newspaper editorial spread its wings and soared with lofty poetic rhetoric and increasingly metaphorical language. Editors frequently broke into verse in their columns, inspired by the powerful presence of poetry and oratory in antebellum culture. A key figure at the heart of that oratorical and poetic culture was Ralph Waldo Emerson, who held a prominent position in print culture through books and newspaper reports of his speaking engagements. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller, and Harriet Martineau form the subjects of this study because they reflect Emerson’s radical liberal influence on the emergence of the progressive editorial, particularly through literary stylistics blending poetic and philosophical rhetoric. These figures represent a diverse transatlantic mix of revolutionary and feminist columnists from the weekly and daily press who extended Emerson’s purview, especially his critiques of capitalism and institutional corruption. This approach diversifies previous understandings of the evolution of the editorial reflected in Allen Nevins’ American Press Opinion (1928), which exclusively focuses on American political editorials written by men. The more recent 1997 anthology of historical editorials by Sloan, Wray, and Sloan also excludes women and transnational journalism. The commercial press liberated the news industry from the partisan press, providing new opportunities for Emerson protégés such as Fuller to capitalize on her literary prowess, transcendentalist sensibility, and female perspective to offer some of the most politically powerful and socially efficacious writing published in the New-York Tribune. These editorialists reached beyond daily politics into issues of immigration, national expansion, the fine arts, and literature as an emblem of national identity.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Este artigo traça a transformação do editorial de jornal no século dezenove, a partir de uma plataforma partidária estreitamente focada na política contemporânea dentro de um gênero inclusivo e mais amplo, engajando uma reforma cultural progressiva com uma inclinação literária. Depois de 1814, o editorial do jornal estendeu suas asas e voou com uma retórica poética sublime e uma linguagem cada vez mais metafórica. Os editores frequentemente escrevem no verso em suas colunas, inspirados pela poderosa presença de poesia e oratória na cultura antes da Guerra da Secessão. Uma figura chave no coração dessa cultura retórica e poética foi Ralph Waldo Emerson, que ocupou uma posição de destaque na cultura de impressão através de livros e reportagens de jornais de suas palestras. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller e Harriet Martineau formam os sujeitos desse estudo porque refletem a influência liberal radical de Emerson sobre a emergência do editorial progressista, nomeadamente através da estilística literária, misturando retórica poética e filosófica. Essas pessoas representam uma mistura transatlântica diversificada de colunistas revolucionários e feministas de jornais diários e semanais que alargaram o alcance de Emerson, especialmente sua crítica ao capitalismo e à corrupção institucional. Esta abordagem diversifica entendimentos anteriores da evolução do editorial refletido em American Press Opinion, de Allen Nevins (1928), que se concentra exclusivamente em editoriais políticos americanos escritos por homens. A antologia mais recente de editoriais históricos por Sloan, Wray e Sloan (1997) também exclui as mulheres e o jornalismo transnacional. A imprensa comercial libertou a indústria de notícias da imprensa partidária, proporcionando novas oportunidades para os pupilos de Emerson, como Fuller, capitalizar sobre seu talento literário, sensibilidade transcendentalista e perspectiva feminina para oferecer alguns dos textos mais politicamente poderosos e socialmente eficazes publicados no New-York Tribune. Estes editorialistas foram além da política diária para discutir questões de imigração, de expansão nacional, de artes plásticas e de literatura como um emblema da identidade nacional.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Cet article retrace la transformation de l’éditorial du journal qui, au dix-neuvième siècle, passe d’une plate-forme partisane limitée et axée sur la politique contemporaine à un genre plus large et inclusif qui suscite une réforme culturelle progressiste et littéraire. Après 1814, l’éditorial étend ses ailes, une rhétorique poétique noble apparaît, de même qu’une langue de plus en plus métaphorique. Les rédacteurs rédigent fréquemment en vers dans leurs colonnes, inspirés par la présence de la poésie et de l’art oratoire dans la culture d’avant la guerre de Sécession. Une figure clé de cette culture oratoire et poétique est Ralph Waldo Emerson qui occupe une place importante dans la culture de l’imprimé à travers des livres et des journaux qui traduisent un engagement fort. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller et Harriet Martineau sont cités, car ils reflètent l’influence libérale radicale d’Emerson sur l’émergence d’un éditorial progressiste, notamment par la stylistique littéraire mêlant rhétorique poétique et philosophique. Ces individus représentent un mélange transatlantique diversifié de chroniqueurs révolutionnaires et féministes de la presse quotidienne et hebdomadaire qui a étendu la portée de la pensée d’Emerson, surtout de ses critiques du capitalisme et de la corruption institutionnelle. Cette approche se distingue de précédentes études sur l’évolution de l’éditorial comme l’American Press Opinion d’Allen Nevins (1928) qui se concentraient exclusivement sur les éditoriaux politiques américains écrits par des hommes. La plus récente anthologie sur les éditoriaux historiques par Sloan, Wray et Sloan (1997) exclut également les femmes et le journalisme transnational. Avec la presse commerciale, l’industrie de l’information se libère de la presse partisane, offrant à une protégée d’Emerson telle que Fuller de nouvelles possibilités de mettre en avant ses prouesses littéraires, sa sensibilité transcendentaliste, et sa perspective féminine ; et à ses écrits politiques et sociaux de figurer parmi les plus marquants qui aient jamais été publiés dans le New-York Tribune. Ces éditorialistes dépassent la politique quotidienne pour faire figurer des questions d’immigration, d’expansion nationale, de beaux-arts et de littérature parmi les emblèmes de l’identité nationale.</li></ul><p> </p>
topic editorials
Ralph Waldo Emerso
reform
progressive politics
literary journalism
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spelling doaj-89a8b980155d4aaab9bd6f44991f5bf02020-11-25T00:29:49ZengUniversité Libre de BruxellesSur le Journalisme2295-07102295-07292017-01-0152106119130Radical Designs: The Emergence of the Progressive Editorial in the Nineteenth-Century PressDavid Dowling0University of Iowa<ul><li>This article traces the transformation of the newspaper editorial in the nineteenth century from a partisan platform narrowly focused on contemporary politics into a broader more inclusive genre engaging progressive cultural reform with a literary bent. After 1814, the newspaper editorial spread its wings and soared with lofty poetic rhetoric and increasingly metaphorical language. Editors frequently broke into verse in their columns, inspired by the powerful presence of poetry and oratory in antebellum culture. A key figure at the heart of that oratorical and poetic culture was Ralph Waldo Emerson, who held a prominent position in print culture through books and newspaper reports of his speaking engagements. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller, and Harriet Martineau form the subjects of this study because they reflect Emerson’s radical liberal influence on the emergence of the progressive editorial, particularly through literary stylistics blending poetic and philosophical rhetoric. These figures represent a diverse transatlantic mix of revolutionary and feminist columnists from the weekly and daily press who extended Emerson’s purview, especially his critiques of capitalism and institutional corruption. This approach diversifies previous understandings of the evolution of the editorial reflected in Allen Nevins’ American Press Opinion (1928), which exclusively focuses on American political editorials written by men. The more recent 1997 anthology of historical editorials by Sloan, Wray, and Sloan also excludes women and transnational journalism. The commercial press liberated the news industry from the partisan press, providing new opportunities for Emerson protégés such as Fuller to capitalize on her literary prowess, transcendentalist sensibility, and female perspective to offer some of the most politically powerful and socially efficacious writing published in the New-York Tribune. These editorialists reached beyond daily politics into issues of immigration, national expansion, the fine arts, and literature as an emblem of national identity.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Este artigo traça a transformação do editorial de jornal no século dezenove, a partir de uma plataforma partidária estreitamente focada na política contemporânea dentro de um gênero inclusivo e mais amplo, engajando uma reforma cultural progressiva com uma inclinação literária. Depois de 1814, o editorial do jornal estendeu suas asas e voou com uma retórica poética sublime e uma linguagem cada vez mais metafórica. Os editores frequentemente escrevem no verso em suas colunas, inspirados pela poderosa presença de poesia e oratória na cultura antes da Guerra da Secessão. Uma figura chave no coração dessa cultura retórica e poética foi Ralph Waldo Emerson, que ocupou uma posição de destaque na cultura de impressão através de livros e reportagens de jornais de suas palestras. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller e Harriet Martineau formam os sujeitos desse estudo porque refletem a influência liberal radical de Emerson sobre a emergência do editorial progressista, nomeadamente através da estilística literária, misturando retórica poética e filosófica. Essas pessoas representam uma mistura transatlântica diversificada de colunistas revolucionários e feministas de jornais diários e semanais que alargaram o alcance de Emerson, especialmente sua crítica ao capitalismo e à corrupção institucional. Esta abordagem diversifica entendimentos anteriores da evolução do editorial refletido em American Press Opinion, de Allen Nevins (1928), que se concentra exclusivamente em editoriais políticos americanos escritos por homens. A antologia mais recente de editoriais históricos por Sloan, Wray e Sloan (1997) também exclui as mulheres e o jornalismo transnacional. A imprensa comercial libertou a indústria de notícias da imprensa partidária, proporcionando novas oportunidades para os pupilos de Emerson, como Fuller, capitalizar sobre seu talento literário, sensibilidade transcendentalista e perspectiva feminina para oferecer alguns dos textos mais politicamente poderosos e socialmente eficazes publicados no New-York Tribune. Estes editorialistas foram além da política diária para discutir questões de imigração, de expansão nacional, de artes plásticas e de literatura como um emblema da identidade nacional.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Cet article retrace la transformation de l’éditorial du journal qui, au dix-neuvième siècle, passe d’une plate-forme partisane limitée et axée sur la politique contemporaine à un genre plus large et inclusif qui suscite une réforme culturelle progressiste et littéraire. Après 1814, l’éditorial étend ses ailes, une rhétorique poétique noble apparaît, de même qu’une langue de plus en plus métaphorique. Les rédacteurs rédigent fréquemment en vers dans leurs colonnes, inspirés par la présence de la poésie et de l’art oratoire dans la culture d’avant la guerre de Sécession. Une figure clé de cette culture oratoire et poétique est Ralph Waldo Emerson qui occupe une place importante dans la culture de l’imprimé à travers des livres et des journaux qui traduisent un engagement fort. Horace Greeley, Karl Marx, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller et Harriet Martineau sont cités, car ils reflètent l’influence libérale radicale d’Emerson sur l’émergence d’un éditorial progressiste, notamment par la stylistique littéraire mêlant rhétorique poétique et philosophique. Ces individus représentent un mélange transatlantique diversifié de chroniqueurs révolutionnaires et féministes de la presse quotidienne et hebdomadaire qui a étendu la portée de la pensée d’Emerson, surtout de ses critiques du capitalisme et de la corruption institutionnelle. Cette approche se distingue de précédentes études sur l’évolution de l’éditorial comme l’American Press Opinion d’Allen Nevins (1928) qui se concentraient exclusivement sur les éditoriaux politiques américains écrits par des hommes. La plus récente anthologie sur les éditoriaux historiques par Sloan, Wray et Sloan (1997) exclut également les femmes et le journalisme transnational. Avec la presse commerciale, l’industrie de l’information se libère de la presse partisane, offrant à une protégée d’Emerson telle que Fuller de nouvelles possibilités de mettre en avant ses prouesses littéraires, sa sensibilité transcendentaliste, et sa perspective féminine ; et à ses écrits politiques et sociaux de figurer parmi les plus marquants qui aient jamais été publiés dans le New-York Tribune. Ces éditorialistes dépassent la politique quotidienne pour faire figurer des questions d’immigration, d’expansion nationale, de beaux-arts et de littérature parmi les emblèmes de l’identité nationale.</li></ul><p> </p>http://surlejournalisme.com/rev/index.php/slj/article/view/161editorialsRalph Waldo Emersoreformprogressive politicsliterary journalism