A broadside or occasionally broadsheet is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only and typically used as a poster to announce some event, proclamation or other matter. [1] [2] It also is used to describe newspapers printed on similarly sized paper. [3]
In the UK, the only national daily newspaper still printed in a broadsheet format is the Daily Telegraph, all the other serious daily newspapers (except The Guardian, which uses the Berliner format) have followed the style of the red tops and are now printed in tabloid format.
Broadsides have been taken by many small presses and publishers as a fine art offshoot of their work.
See also
External links
- Historical Broadsides from 1849-1989 (searchable facsimiles at the University of Georgia Libraries. (DjVu & layered PDF format)
- Modern American Poetry Collection at Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Research Center
- Broadsided Contemporary, original broadsides published monthly online and posted around the US and abroad
- Library of Congress -- Three Centuries of Broadsides and other Printed Ephemera
- The Wall Poems of Leiden - Broadsides on buildings
- Poetry Center of Chicago Broadsides - fine letter press broadsides
- Confederate Broadside Poetry Collection at Wake Forest University
References
- ^ John Carter and Nicolas Barker, ABC for Book Collectors, Oak Knoll Press and the British Library (8th ed. 2006), p. 53.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, entry for "Broadside".
- ^ John Carter and Nicolas Barker, ABC for Book Collectors, Oak Knoll Press and the British Library (8th ed. 2006), p. 53.
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