Thomas McGrugar’s ‘Letters of Zeno’: Patriotic Print & Constitutional Improvement in the Caledonian Mercury, 1782-1783

Benchimol, A. (2021) Thomas McGrugar’s ‘Letters of Zeno’: Patriotic Print & Constitutional Improvement in the Caledonian Mercury, 1782-1783. Studies in Scottish Literature, 47(1), pp. 67-90.

Abstract

Discusses a series of five newspaper letters by Thomas McGrugar (1751-1810), published in an Edinburgh newspaper the Caledonian Mercury, which urged increased representation of the Scottish burghs in the U.K. parliament, and argues that in them McGrugar used print culture to create an alternative political forum to existing political structures.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Benchimol, Dr Alex
• Authors: Benchimol, A.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain; J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe); J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN1187 Scotland; N Fine Arts > NE Print media; P Language and Literature > PE English
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
• Journal Name: Studies in Scottish Literature
• Journal Abbr.: SSL
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Libraries
• ISSN: 0039-3770
• ISSN (Online): 0039-3770
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 University of South Carolina Press
• First Published: First published in Studies in Scottish Literature 47(1):67-90
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