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III. Communicative Structure D. Formal Constraints 1. Competition

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Structure of Poetic Competition in 5th-Century Athens

The shift from predominately competition for acclaim in 5th-century Athens to competition for attention in liberal democracies hasn’t been well-recognized.

Formal Institutions of Government in Classical Athens

Symbolic competition was central to classical Athens. About one-half of Athenian men citizens served at least one day as chairman of the Boule.

Civic Dimension of Poetic Competition in Classical Athens

The classical Athenian City Dionysia and Lenaia were annual theatrical festival that emphasized the civic importance of the poetic competition.

Putting Classical Athenian Drama into Circulation

Re-staging plays and acquiring texts of plays could have created among classical Athenian playwrights some competition for attention in play circulation.

Civic Organization of Executions in Early Modern Europe

Executions in early modern Europe were formally organized public events set on specific days and carried out with formal processions and public rituals.

Crowds Attracted to Public Executions in London

Crowds at public executions in London from 1725 to 1825 probably varied in size from a few hundred to nearly 100,000.

Ironic Competitive Structure of London’s Speakers’ Corner

Speakers at Speakers’ Corner act as if they are competing for public acclaim, but actually they are competing for public attention.

Producing and Marketing Broadsides on Public Executions

Sensational execution crime stories produced and marketed on broadsides were central to the development of competition for attention and the popular press

Puritan Ministers in Popular Print in Colonial New England

Execution sermons from prominent Puritan ministers, e.g. Increase and Cotton Mather, were among the most popular printed works in colonial New England.

Boston Overtook Cambridge in Early Colonial Printing

Colonial printing was first centered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but by 1700 Boston had overtaken Cambridge as the leading colonial printing center.

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