»The main value of [the] book is as an empirical case study, demonstrating the large quantity and complex nature of historical writing in popular Victorian magazines, well as the men and women who wrote such material. She presents a convincing case for the inclusion of popular family magazines in the historiography of the nineteenth century.«
Andrew Hobbs, H-Net, 31.01.2023
»An innovative study into an intriguing yet underexplored aspect of nineteenth-century journalism.«
Samuel Saunders, Journal of European Periodical Studies, 3/2 (2018)
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Histories for the Many
The Victorian Family Magazine and Popular Representations of the Past. The "Leisure Hour", 1852-1870
von Doris LechnerHistories 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.
