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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• VerfasserIn: Lechner, Doris,
• Author: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; 1. The Victorian Family Magazine and Historical Culture --; 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 --; 3. History for the Working Man: The Leisure Hour and the London Journal, 1852 --; 4. Images of History: The Leisure Hour, Good Words and the Cornhill Magazine, 1860 --; Part II: Serialising History in the Leisure Hour --; 5. Serialising History into and out of the Leisure Hour: The Periodical and Book Transfer --; 6. Writing History for the Family Audience: Between Popular and Academic --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839437117; 9783110701005; 9783110485103; 9783110485189; 9783110701012; 9783110489842; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839437117?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Doris Lechner.

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.