Abstract
Providing a critical introduction and case studies that illustrate cutting-edge approaches to periodical research, this volume provides an overview of recent developments in the field. The twelve chapters model diverse approaches and methodologies for research on nineteenth-century periodicals. 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. Each author incorporates first-person accounts of how they conducted their research that provide specific examples of how they gained access to primary sources and the methods they used to analyze the materials.