The Victorian Periodical Press: Samplings and Soundings (Heritage) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 148758119X ISBN 13: 9781487581190

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing, 1982

Synopsis

The centrality of the Victorian periodical press to almost every aspect of Victorian studies has long been acknowledged by scholars of the period. So far no general or systematic study of that press has been undertaken. The Victorian Periodical Press: Samplings and Soundings is a collection of original essays, each of which examines an important aspect of the history of the periodical press. It includes studies of the organization and production of specific periodicals; analyses of the contents and the influence of publications designed for a particular readership; and explorations of the involvement of major literary figures with the periodical press, as well as more broadly based studies of the emergence and significance of the techniques of mass sterilization, the role of the press in the activities of pressure groups, and the involvement of periodicals in the art exhibition system and in the development of literary criticism.

The contributors are literary and social historians who have either made a special study of the Victorian periodical press or who have made extensive use of Victorian periodicals in the course of research on the Victorian period.

About this title

About the Author:

Joanne Shattock is Emeritus Professor in the School of English at the University of Leicester. She is the President of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and holds an Honorary Moser Fellowship at the Humanities Research Institute, University of Keele.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 148758119X
• ISBN 13: 9781487581190
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 434
• Editor: Shattock Joanne, Wolff Michael