Special Correspondence and the Newspaper Press in Victorian Print Culture, 1850-1886

• Main Author: Waters, Catherine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Civilization-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Social history.; Journalism.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Cultural History.; History of Modern Europe.; Social History.

This book analyses the significance of the special correspondent as a new journalistic role in Victorian print culture, within the context of developments in the periodical press, throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Examining the graphic reportage produced by the first generation o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Armchair Travel
• 3. Technology and Innovation
• 4. War Correspondence
• 5. Home News
• 6. Reporting Royalty
• 7. Celebrity specials on the lecture circuit
• 8. Conclusion.