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Histories for the Many examines the contribution of illustrated family magazines to Victorian historical culture. How, by whom, for whom and with which intentions was history used within this popular medium? How were class, gender, age, religion, and space debated? How were academic and popular approaches to the past linked to the materiality of the medium? The focus is set on the evangelical Leisure Hour with comparisons to the London Journal, Good Words and Cornhill. The study's approach to the serialisation of history in text and image combines periodical studies and book history with concepts from cultural studies, sociology as well as narratology.

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"An innovative study into an intriguing yet underexplored aspect of nineteenth-century journalism." Samuel Saunders, Journal of European Periodical Studies, 3/2 (2018) Besprochen in: Victorian Studies, 60/3 (2019), Jennifer Phegley

Histories for the Many: The Victorian Family

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      Publisher: Transcript Verlag
      Publication Date: 15/12/2016
      ISBN13: 9783837637113, 978-3837637113
      ISBN10: 3837637115
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literature: history and criticism European history Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Histories for the Many examines the contribution of illustrated family magazines to Victorian historical culture. How, by whom, for whom and with which intentions was history used within this popular medium? How were class, gender, age, religion, and space debated? How were academic and popular approaches to the past linked to the materiality of the medium? The focus is set on the evangelical Leisure Hour with comparisons to the London Journal, Good Words and Cornhill. The study's approach to the serialisation of history in text and image combines periodical studies and book history with concepts from cultural studies, sociology as well as narratology.

      Trade Review
      "An innovative study into an intriguing yet underexplored aspect of nineteenth-century journalism." Samuel Saunders, Journal of European Periodical Studies, 3/2 (2018) Besprochen in: Victorian Studies, 60/3 (2019), Jennifer Phegley

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