Maps a coherent subfield of Romantic periodical studies through
studying the trailblazing Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
- An introduction by two established scholars that articulates a case
for the more sustained, systematic study of Romantic periodicals and
justifies the volume's focus by retracing Blackwood's emergence as
the era's most innovative, influential and controversial literary
magazine.
- Features eleven essays modelling how the wide-ranging commentary,
reviews and original fiction and verse published in Blackwood's
during its first two decades (1817-37) might meaningfully inform many
of the most vibrant contemporary discussions surrounding British
Romanticism.
- Contributes to field-wide bicentenary celebrations and reappraisals
both of Blackwood's and the authors and works - including Shelley's
Frankenstein, Byron's Don Juan and Keats's Poems - whose
reputations the magazine helped shape.
This book pioneers a subfield of Romantic periodical studies, distinct
from its neighbours in adjacent historical periods. Eleven chapters by
leading scholars in the field model the range of methodological,
conceptual and literary-historical insights to be drawn from careful
engagements with one of the age's landmark literary periodicals,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Engaging with the research potential
unlocked by new digital resources for studying Romantic periodicals,
they argue that the wide-ranging commentary, reviews and original
fiction and verse published in Blackwood's during its first two
decades (1817-37) should inform many of the most vibrant contemporary
discussions surrounding British Romanticism.
