In this study, Mark Parker proposes that literary magazines should be an object of study in
their own right. He argues that magazines such as the London Magazine, Blackwood's …

First-Person Anonymous revises previous histories of Victorian women's writing by
examining the importance of both anonymous periodical journalism and signed book …

In early nineteenth-century Britain, there was unprecedented interest in the subject of
genius, as well as in the personalities and private lives of creative artists. This was also a …

Nineteenth-century periodicals frequently compared themselves to the imperial powers then
dissecting the globe, and this interest in imperialism can be seen in the exotic motifs that …

Romantic writers such as Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge aspired to rise
above the so-called'age of personality,'a new culture of politicized print gossip and personal …

Extending the work of The Routledge Handbook to Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals
and Newspapers, this volume provides a critical introduction and case studies that illustrate …

In its time, the Quarterly Review was thought to closely reflect government policy, however,
the essays in this volume reveal that it was inconsistent in its support of government …

When abortionist-turned-Sanatorium director, Doctor Downward, asks in Armadale's
penultimate installment" violence in this enlightened nine teenth century! Was there anything …

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ITS FIRST EDITOR, William Maginn, Fraser's Magazine
purveyed popular images of literary life in the 1830s through its Gallery of Illustrious Literary …

Hilary Fraser provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of English prose in the
nineteenth century which draws from a wide variety of fields including art, literary theory and …