"Prince's book opens up an important and little-investigated terrain for Shakespeare reception studies and demonstrates the key role of periodicals in Shakespeare's wider dissemination during the nineteenth century. It is a useful addition to the existing Shakespeare literature that will be of interest to scholars of Victorian literature, cultural studies, and theatrical history." --Shakespeare Quarterly"Kathryn Price's Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals is a needed addition to nineteenth-century studies... an engaging and well-researched introduction to the topic, and we can look forward to future studies that take up the threads of this discussion." --Victorian Periodicals Review

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Nineteenth-Century Popular Press and Shakespeare Reception History Chapter One: Making Shakespeare Readers in the Early Working Class Press Chapter Two: Shakespeare for Manly Boys and Marriageable Girls Chapter Three: Character Criticism and its Discontents in Periodicals for Women Chapter Four: The Theatres Regulation Act and the Great Exhibition in the Theatrical Journal Chapter Five: Victorian Periodicals and England’s National Theatre DebateNotes BibliographyIndex

"Prince's book opens up an important and little-investigated terrain for Shakespeare reception studies and demonstrates the key role of periodicals in Shakespeare's wider dissemination during the nineteenth century. It is a useful addition to the existing Shakespeare literature that will be of interest to scholars of Victorian literature, cultural studies, and theatrical history." --Shakespeare Quarterly"Kathryn Price's Shakespeare in the Victorian Periodicals is a needed addition to nineteenth-century studies... an engaging and well-researched introduction to the topic, and we can look forward to future studies that take up the threads of this discussion." --Victorian Periodicals Review

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Nineteenth-Century Popular Press and Shakespeare Reception History Chapter One: Making Shakespeare Readers in the Early Working Class Press Chapter Two: Shakespeare for Manly Boys and Marriageable Girls Chapter Three: Character Criticism and its Discontents in Periodicals for Women Chapter Four: The Theatres Regulation Act and the Great Exhibition in the Theatrical Journal Chapter Five: Victorian Periodicals and England’s National Theatre DebateNotes BibliographyIndex