''The Grub-Street Journal'', published from 8 January 1730 to 1738, was a

satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming ...

on popular journalism and hack-writing as it was conducted in

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. It was pierced along its length with narrow ent ...

in London. It was largely edited by the nonjuror Richard Russel and the botanist

John Martyn Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ...

. While he disclaimed it,

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...

was one of its contributors, continuing his satire which he had started with ''

The Dunciad ''The Dunciad'' is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743. The poem celebrates a goddess Dulness and the progress of her chosen agents as they bri ...

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

References

Bibliography

* Facsimile reprint in 4 volumes. *

External links

Grub Street: The Literary and the Literatory in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Grub Street Journal, first four volumes, at Hathi Trust
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