Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850-1900

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany, with a special interest in culture and media. She has published widely on travel writing and Victorian periodicals, including English Travel Writing: From Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

“Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850–1900. Media Logic and Cultural Work is a valuable addition to the study of travel culture and travel writing, providing a new analytical approach to the topic and a basis for future research.” (Fritz Lange, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 262 (1), 2025)

• 1. Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900.- 2. The Entanglement of Periodicals and Travel in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 3. Travel in the Leisure Hour.-  4. Good Words: Travel in a Sixties Magazine.- 5. Travel in Victorian Women’s Periodicals.- 6. Travel in Juvenile Periodicals: BOP and GOP.- 7. Working People’s Travel in the Periodical Press, 1850 to 1870.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook to Other Media.