Grub Street Journal
Encyclopedia
Published from January 8, 1730
to 1738, The Grub-Street Journal was a satire
on popular journalism and hack-writing
as it was conducted in Grub Street
in London. It was largely edited by Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn
. While he disclaimed it, Alexander Pope
was one of its contributors, 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.
1730 in literature
The year 1730 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* Voltaire's Brutus is finally staged.* Colley Cibber becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain.* Metastasio settles in Vienna....
to 1738, The Grub-Street Journal was a satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
on popular journalism and hack-writing
Hack writer
Hack writer is a colloquial and usually pejorative term used to refer to a writer who is paid to write low-quality, rushed articles or books "to order", often with a short deadline. In a fiction-writing context, the term is used to describe writers who are paid to churn out sensational,...
as it was conducted in Grub Street
Grub Street
Until the early 19th century, Grub Street was a street close to London's impoverished Moorfields district that ran from Fore Street east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate north to Chiswell Street...
in London. It was largely edited by Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn
John Martyn (botanist)
John Martyn or Joannis Martyn was an English botanist.Martyn's is best known for his Historia Plantarum Rariorum , and his translation, with valuable agricultural and botanical notes, of the Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil...
. While he disclaimed it, Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson...
was one of its contributors, continuing his satire which he had started with The Dunciad
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is a landmark literary satire by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times. The first version was published in 1728 anonymously. The second version, the Dunciad Variorum was published anonymously in 1729. The New Dunciad, in four books and with a...
.
After its end, The Literary Courier of Gruber Street succeeded it for a few months.