This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the Conference on Historical News
Discourse (CHINED) that was held in Florence (Italy) on 2-3 September 2004. The aim of the
Conference was to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent research in the
field of news discourse in early modern Britain. The first section of the volume focuses on
news discourse in serial publications while the second part examines aspects of news language
in non-serial works. Contributions include synchronic and diachronic analyses of reportage
polemic propaganda review journalism and advertisements in a wide range of texts including
newsletters pamphlets and newspapers. Each section is structured chronologically so that the
reader can appreciate aspects of the general historical development of news discourse. The
variety of topics and methodologies reflects some of the most interesting research being
carried out in the field.
