L'escapade espagnole de Charles et Buckingham : un feuilleton d'actualité dans les nouvelles à la main de Joseph Mead en 1623

Before the periodical essay became an essential feature of the press, the letters of news and the newsbooks of the XVIIth century opened the way. The Jacobean Cambridge divine Joseph Mead wrote newsletters for the retired Suffolk magistrate Sir Martin Stuteville during the 1620s. During the Spanish Match episode, Mead collected information from his usual printed and manuscript sources, but also aurally, from diplomats, courtiers, clerics and academics. Mead's method was more elaborate and selective than the printed corantos' haphazard approach. The insertion of literary and academic news and anecdotes foreshadows the fashionable magazines by several decades.Borot Luc. L'escapade espagnole de Charles et Buckingham : un feuilleton d'actualité dans les nouvelles à la main de Joseph Mead en 1623. In: XVII-XVIII. Bulletin de la société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. N°50, 2000. pp. 193-208