Punch: The Lively Youth of a British Institution, 1841-1851This work explores systematically and in depth, the first ten years of Punch, the popular Victorian periodical, especially as it mirrored the interests and mind-set of its predominantly middle-class audience. Richard D. Altick shows how Punch's editorial and pictorial contents drew from numerous streams of popular and middlebrow culture, which it blended into a distinctive weekly product, often imitated but never equalled. At every point, Altick describes Punch's humorous treatment of events, public personalities, and current issues - frivolous or serious - against a background of historical evidence culled from the London Times and other contemporary documents. |
Contents
WE ARE A MIRACLE I | 1 |
The handbill announcing Punch | 5 |
The worldweary little girl who wants to become a nun | 30 |
Copyright | |
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