The Periodical Press in Nineteenth-Century Ireland [Hardcover]

This book offers a new interpretation of the place of periodicals in nineteenth-century Ireland. Case studies of representative titles as well as maps and visual material (lithographs, wood engravings, title-pages) illustrate a thriving industry, encouraged, rather than defeated by the political and social upheaval of the century. 

 

Titles examined include: The Irish Magazine, and Monthly Asylum for Neglected Biography and The Irish Farmers Journal, and Weekly Intelligencer; The Dublin University Magazine; Royal Irish Academy Transactions and Proceedings and The Dublin Penny Journal; The Irish Builder (1859-1979); domestic titles from the publishing firm of James Duffy; Pat and To-Days Woman.

 

The Appendix consists of excerpts from a series entitled The Rise and Progress of Printing and Publishing in Ireland that appeared in The Irish Builder from July of 1877 to June of 1878. Written in a highly entertaining, anecdotal style, the series provides contemporary information about the Irish publishing industry.

1 Introduction.- 2 Post-1800 Periodicals.- 3 The Antiquarian Journal .- 4 The National Journal .- 5 The Trade Journal .- 6 The Domestic Journal: The World of James Duffy, publisher (18301864) . - 7 The New Journalism, Nationalism, and the Popular Press.

This volume is a very welcome addition to the growing work on periodicals in Ireland and a timely corrective to the emphasis given to such publications of twentieth cl3¨