Encounters in the Victorian Press

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Encountering the Press

   1. Introduction

      • Laurel Brake, Julie Codell

      Pages 1-7

3. Early Victorian Press Encounters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Civic Publicness

      • John Plunkett

      Pages 11-28

   3. ‘Nothing but a Newspaper’

      • Graham Law

      Pages 29-49

   4. Textual Encounters in Eliza Cook’s Journal

      • Johanna M. Smith

      Pages 50-65

4. Encountering Gender and Class

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Encountering Time

      • Ian Haywood

      Pages 69-87

   3. Preaching to the Ladies

      • Barbara Onslow

      Pages 88-102

   4. Knowing Hodge

      • Patricia O’Hara

      Pages 103-116

5. Urban Encounters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Encounters in the Westminster Review

      • Sheila Rosenberg

      Pages 119-137

   3. Urban Encounters and Visual Play in the Yellow Book

      • Mark W. Turner

      Pages 138-160

   4. The ‘Atlas’ and the Butterfly

      • Patricia de Montfort

      Pages 161-174

6. Political Encounters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. The Dart and the Damning of the Sylvan Stream

      • Aled Jones

      Pages 177-194

   3. Islam, Women, and Imperial Administration

      • Julie F. Codell

      Pages 195-212

   4. ‘Government by Journalism’ and the Silence of the Star

      • Laurel Brake

      Pages 213-235

7. Back Matter

   Pages 236-268

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Encounters in the Victorian Periodical Press focuses on the unique characteristic of the Victorian periodical press - its development of encounters between and among readers, editors, and authors. Encounters promoted dialogue among diverse publics, differing by class, gender, professional and political interests, and ethnicity. Through encounters, the press emerged to become a central public space for debates about society, politics, culture, public order, and foreign and imperial affairs. This book captures the richness of these interactions and a variety of voices and opinions.

• bibliography
• culture
• dialogue
• fiction
• gender
• interaction
• Islam
• knowledge
• press
• public space
• society
• space
• tradition
• Victorian era
• William James
• British and Irish Literature

PATRICIA DE MONTFORT British Academy Research Fellow, Centre for Whistler Studies, University of Glasgow, UK IAN HAYWOOD Reader in English, University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK ALED JONES Sir John Williams Professor of Welsh History and Dean of Arts, University of Aberystwyth, UK GRAHAM LAW Professor in Media Studies, International College, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan PATRICIA O'HARA Professor of English, Franklin and Marshall College, USA BARBARA ONSLOW Lecturer, English Department, University of Reading, UK JOHN PLUNKETT Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, University of Exeter, UK SHEILA ROSENBERG Contributor and advisory editor for first three volumes of the Wellesley Index JOHANNA M. SMITH Associate Professor of English, University of Texas-Arlington, USA MARK W. TURNER Lecturer in English, King's College, University of London, UK

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