Sentiment and Sensation in Victorian Periodicals

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference

14-15 September 2012

 

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) will hold its annual conference at the University of Texas at Austin, 14-15 September 2012. Our conference papers will explore the discourse of sentiment and sensation in the newspaper and periodical press that variously promoted or targeted readerships, established journalistic networks or brands, and shaped, responded to, and/or addressed cultural and ideological concerns. Themes will include but are not limited to: 

 

                The serialization of sensation fiction                                                        Sentimental or sensational illustration     

                Major scandals, legal cases, crimes, or controversies                            Affect, cognition, and readerly sensations 

                Sentimental poetry or fiction in periodicals                                            The rhetoric of sentiment/sentimentality

                Sport or theatrical sensations                                                                     Gender and periodical genres

                Entrepreneurialism and fame                                                                    Sensational formatting and headlines

                The feeling of print or the materiality of periodicals                             Physiology and psychology in the press 

 

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Contact Conference Chair for more information:                                  Co-Chairs:     
Kathryn Ledbetter                                                                             Carol MacKay
Department of English                                                                       Department of English
Texas State University-San Marcos                                                     University of Texas-Austin
San Marcos, TX 78666                                                                       Austin, TX 78705
KLedbetter@txstate.edu
                                                                                                       Linda K. Hughes
                                                                                                       Department of English
                                                                                                       Texas Christian University
                                                                                                       Fort Worth, TX 76129