Histories for the Many. The Leisure Hour, 1852-1870 : the Victorian Family Magazine and Popular Representations of the Past. The Leisure Hour, 1852-1870

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. Table of Contents List of Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. The Victorian Family Magazine and Historical Culture Introduction Serialised History in the Leisure Hour, 1852-1860 Structure of the Study Theoretical and Methodological Approaches PART I: THE LEISURE HOUR IN THE PERIODICAL MARKETPLACE 2. The Leisure Hour and the Disputed Genre of the Family Magazine in the 1850s and 1860s First and Second Generation Family Magazines Debates on Reading Matter and the Popular Press »A New Weekly Magazine«: The Leisure Hour as Intermediary New Illustrated Magazines and Changes in the Periodical Market 3. History for the Working Man: The Leisure Hour and the London Journal, 1852 Overview Leisure Hour London Journal 4. Images of History: The Leisure Hour, Good Words and the Cornhill Magazine, 1860 Overview Leisure Hour Good Words Cornhill Magazine PART II: SERIALISING HISTORY IN THE LEISURE HOUR 5. Serialising History into and out of the Leisure Hour: The Periodical and Book Transfer Non-Fiction Series on the Past in the Leisure Hour and their Book Counterparts Case Studies (1): From Book to Periodical Case Studies (2): Monthly Parts 6. Writing History for the Family Audience: Between Popular and Academic Writing on the Past for the Leisure Hour: The Contributors John Stoughton: Between Popular and Academic History Writing History for the Family Audience: »Shades of the Departed in Old London« Continuation, Variation and Negation of Stoughton’s Narrative Pattern 7. Conclusion APPENDIX Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Excursus – Fictional Series on the Past and Their Book Counterparts Appendix C: Contributors on the Past in the Leisure Hour (1852-1870) References Index 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. Periodicals,Victorian Culture,Historical Culture,Popular History,Popular Culture,Media,Social History,19th Century,England,Cultural History,British History,Memory Culture,History Long description: 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 Doris Lechner 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 Biographical note: Doris Lechner is research officer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Book History and Print Culture Network (D-A-CH)