1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook to Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals and Newspapers

By Andrew King, Alexis Easley, John Morton Copyright 2016
    496 Pages
    by Routledge

    496 Pages
    by Routledge

    The 2017 winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize

    Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of scholarship on nineteenth-century British periodicals, this volume surveys the current state of research and offers researchers an in-depth examination of contemporary methodologies. The impact of digital media and archives on the field informs all discussions of the print archive. Contributors illustrate their arguments with examples and contextualize their topics within broader areas of study, while also reflecting on how the study of periodicals may evolve in the future. The Handbook will serve as a valuable resource for scholars and students of nineteenth-century culture who are interested in issues of cultural formation, transformation, and transmission in a developing industrial and globalizing age, as well as those whose research focuses on the bibliographical and the micro case study. In addition to rendering a comprehensive review and critique of current research on nineteenth-century British periodicals, the Handbook suggests new avenues for research in the twenty-first century.

    "This volume's 30 chapters deal with practically every aspect of periodical research and with the specific topics and audiences the 19th-century periodical press addressed. It also covers matters such as digitization that did not exist or were in early development a generation ago. In addition to the essays, readers will find 50 illustrations, 54 pages of bibliography, and a chronology of the periodical press. This book gives seemingly endless insights into the ways periodicals and newspapers influenced and reflected 19th-century culture. It not only makes readers aware of problems involved in interpreting the history of the press but also offers suggestions for ways of untangling them and points the direction for future research. It will be a valuable resource for readers with interests in almost any aspect of 19th-century Britain. Summing Up: Highly recommended"

    - J. D. Vann, University of North Texas in CHOICE

    Introduction

    SECTION I: PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION

    1. Digitization

    James Mussell

    2. Technologies of Production

    Shannon Rose Smith

    3. Distribution

    Graham Law

    4. Periodical Economics

    Andrew King

    SECTION II: CONTRIBUTORS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

    5. Writing for Periodicals

    Linda H. Peterson

    6. Editors and the Nineteenth-Century Press

    Marysa Demoor

    7. Illustration

    Brian Maidment

    8. Poetry

    Linda K. Hughes

    9. Prose

    Beth Palmer

    SECTION III: GEOGRAPHIES

    10. Empire and the Periodical Press

    Michelle Tusan

    11. Transatlantic Connections

    Bob Nicholson

    12. Transnational Connections

    Jane Chapman

    13. Scottish Periodicals

    David Finkelstein

    14. Welsh Periodicals and Newspapers

    Lisa Peters

    15. Periodicals in Ireland

    Elizabeth Tilley

    16. Provincial Periodicals

    Andrew Hobbs

    SECTION IV: TAXONOMIES

    17. Markets, Genres, Iterations

    Laurel Brake

    18. Men and the Periodical Press

    Stephanie Olsen

    19. Periodicals for Women

    Kathryn Ledbetter

    20. Family Magazines

    Jennifer Phegley

    21. Children’s Periodicals

    Kristine Moruzi

    22. Sporting Periodicals

    Yuri Cowan

    23. Comic/Satirical Periodicals

    Craig Howes

    24. Social Purpose Periodicals

    Deborah Mutch

    25. Temperance Periodicals

    Annemarie McAllister

    26. Religious Periodicals

    Mark Knight

    27. Theater and the Periodical Press

    Katherine Newey

    28. Art Periodicals

    Julie Codell

    29. Music Periodicals

    Laura Vorachek

    CHRONOLOGY OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICAL PRESS

    Gary Simons

    Biography

    Andrew King is Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK, Alexis Easley is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, USA, and John Morton is Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK.

    The 2017 winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize.

    "This volume's 30 chapters deal with practically every aspect of periodical research and with the specific topics and audiences the 19th-century periodical press addressed. It also covers matters such as digitization that did not exist or were in early development a generation ago. In addition to the essays, readers will find 50 illustrations, 54 pages of bibliography, and a chronology of the periodical press. This book gives seemingly endless insights into the ways periodicals and newspapers influenced and reflected 19th-century culture. It not only makes readers aware of problems involved in interpreting the history of the press but also offers suggestions for ways of untangling them and points the direction for future research. It will be a valuable resource for readers with interests in almost any aspect of 19th-century Britain. Summing Up: Highly recommended"

    - J. D. Vann, University of North Texas in CHOICE