The British Periodical Text 1796-1832

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