Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850-1900: Media Logic and Cultural Work

This is the first study to explore the connections between the development of travel and the rapid expansion of the periodicals market in the second half of the nineteenth century in Britain. By the 1860s, travel articles had become a staple of the periodicals market and reached readers who might never have travelled far themselves or bought a travel book. This monograph demonstrates that the representation of travel in Victorian periodicals came in forms and with cultural functions that differed from book publication, and that this media-specific representation helped to inscribe travel into the Victorian lifeworld. Based on a corpus of several general-interest periodicals targeted at different audiences, this book investigates how different readers - the family, women, young people and the working classes - engaged with travel. It argues that travel articles in periodicals performed significant cultural work because they accommodated readers to travel. Acknowledgements Note on Citation Contents About the Author List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900 Aims and Premises Interconnections Between Victorian Periodicals and Travel Periodicals and the Study of Travel/Writing Methodology and Structure of the Study References Chapter 2: The Entanglement of Periodicals and Travel in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Introduction: The Travel-Cultural Work of Victorian Periodicals Educating to Travel: Thomas Cook and Victorian Periodicals Travel Inspiration and Instruction Meta-Travel in Periodicals Travel/Writing and the Media Logic of Periodicals The Periodical as a Communal and Interactive Medium Temporal Features of the Periodical: Presentness Temporal Features of the Periodical: Periodicity Travel and the Short Form Miscellaneity, Inter- and Paratextuality, Laterality Intermediality Conclusion References Chapter 3: Travel in the Leisure Hour Introduction: Travel in a Popular Family Magazine The Leisure Hour’s General Profile The Leisure Hour’s Travel Profile Travel in Many Co(n)texts Travel Through a Protestant Lens Travel Abroad and at Home Types of Articles on Travel Travel for All? Class, Gender and Generation Address Travel and Class Travel, Gender and Generation Conclusion Appendix 1: Major Series on Travels Abroad (8 and More Parts) Appendix 2: Short Series Within a Single Monthly Issue References Chapter 4: Good Words: Travel in a Sixties Magazine Introduction: The General and Travel Profiles of Good Words Travelogues in Sixties Illustrated Magazines: Good Words in Comparison to Once a Week and the Cornhill Good Words and the Illustration of Travel Writing Macleod’s “Eastward” and “Peeps at the Far East” Conclusion References Chapter 5: Travel in Victorian Women’s Periodicals Introduction: Female Travel and Periodicals for Women Travel in the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine Travel in the Ladies’ Treasury Travel in the English Woman’s Journal and Englishwoman’s Review Conclusion References Chapter 6: Travel in Juvenile Periodicals: BOP and GOP Introduction: Juvenile Travel on the Victorian Print Market Travel in Boys’ Papers: BOP and Its Predecessors Travel in the Girl’s Own Paper Conclusion References Chapter 7: Working People’s Travel in the Periodical Press, 1850 to 1870 Introduction: Periodicals for Working People and Working People’s Travel The Leisure Travel of Victorian Working People Travel in the Magazine Sample, 1850s to 1870s Conclusion References Chapter 8: Conclusions and Outlook to Other Media Summary of Main Results Victorian Periodicals and Later Mediascapes References Index