Romantic Periodicals the Twenty-First Century: Eleven Case Studies from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in Bloomington, MN

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
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
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,
. 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
during its first two decades (1817–37) should inform many of the most vibrant contemporary discussions surrounding British Romanticism.