Serializing Fiction in the Victorian Press

by Graham Law

Drawing on extensive archival research in both Britain and the United States, Serializing Fiction in the Victorian Press represents the first comprehensive study of the publication of instalment fiction in Victorian newspapers. Often overlooked, this phenomenon is shown to have exerted a crucial influence on the development of the fiction market in the last decades of the nineteenth century. A detailed description of the practice of syndication is followed by a wide-ranging discussion of its implications for readership, authorship, and fictional form.

322 pages, Hardcover

First published October 23, 2000

Reviews

[Erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely useful history of serial publishing in Victorian period. Lots of data. Concentrates on newspaper syndication of serials post 1860.