Researching the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press: Case Studies

Thomas, USA.Andrew King is Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK.John Morton is Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK.. Alexis Easley is Professor of English at the University of St

Thomas, USA.Andrew King is Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK.John Morton is Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK.. About the AuthorAlexis Easley is Professor of English at the University of St

Each case study is contextualized within one of the following broad areas of research: single periodicals, individual journalists, gender issues, periodical networks, genre, the relationship between periodicals, transnational/transatlantic connections, technologies of printing and illustration, links within a single periodical, topical subjects, science and periodicals, and imperialism and periodicals. Contributors incorporate first-person accounts of how they conducted their research and provide specific examples of how they gained access to primary sources, as well as the methods they used t