Histories for the Many

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Histories for the Many is written by Doris Lechner and published by transcript Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3839437113 (ISBN 10) and 9783839437117 (ISBN 13).

Histories for the Many examines the contribution of illustrated family magazines to Victorian historical culture. How, by whom, for whom and with which intentions was history used within this popular medium? How were class, gender, age, religion, and space debated? How were academic and popular approaches to the past linked to the materiality of the medium? The focus is set on the evangelical Leisure Hour with comparisons to the London Journal, Good Words and Cornhill. The study's approach to the serialisation of history in text and image combines periodical studies and book history with concepts from cultural studies, sociology as well as narratology.