This study examines the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture, and considers issues of gender in the development of the press as a powerful political and social medium. The study explores broad questions as they are raised in a range of different kinds of periodicals, from journals to comic magazines.
Examining the important role played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century, this study analyzes the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture. It considers issues of gender in the presses' development as a powerful political and social medium. The authors examine broad questions as they are explored in a range of periodicals, from literary and political reviews to comic magazines.
