The British Periodical Text 1796-1832

By: Simon Hull

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Simon Hull's collection derives from the 2006 Bristol University Conference on periodicals culture in the Romantic era. The six essays demonstrate indicate that the periodical text presented a novel and challenging medium in the Romantic period and enabled a particularly vibrant and varied genre. Contents 1. Simon Hull “˜Editing Elia: Lamb, the London, and the Essayistic Figure” 2. John Halliwell Loyalist Satire, Parody, and The Anti-Jacobin 3. Richard Cronin Magazines and Romantic Modernity 4. Wendy Hunter “˜A Powerful Engine of Social Improvement”: James Hogg and Chambers” Edinburgh Journal 5. Michael Bradshaw “˜Bloody John Lacy”:The London Magazine and the Doldrums of English Drama 6. John Strachan Fighting Sports and late Georgian Periodical Culture