Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany, with a special interest in culture and media. She has published widely on travel writing and Victorian periodicals, including English Travel Writing: From Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

• 1. Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900.- 2. The Entanglement of Periodicals and Travel in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 3. Travel in the Leisure Hour.-  4. Good Words: Travel in a Sixties Magazine.- 5. Travel in Victorian Women’s Periodicals.- 6. Travel in Juvenile Periodicals: BOP and GOP.- 7. Working People’s Travel in the Periodical Press, 1850 to 1870.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook to Other Media.

“Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850–1900. Media Logic and Cultural Work is a valuable addition to the study of travel culture and travel writing, providing a new analytical approach to the topic and a basis for future research.” (Fritz Lange, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 262 (1), 2025)

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany, with a special interest in culture and media. She has published widely on travel writing and Victorian periodicals, including English Travel Writing: From Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

• 1. Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900.- 2. The Entanglement of Periodicals and Travel in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 3. Travel in the Leisure Hour.-  4. Good Words: Travel in a Sixties Magazine.- 5. Travel in Victorian Women’s Periodicals.- 6. Travel in Juvenile Periodicals: BOP and GOP.- 7. Working People’s Travel in the Periodical Press, 1850 to 1870.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook to Other Media.

“Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850–1900. Media Logic and Cultural Work is a valuable addition to the study of travel culture and travel writing, providing a new analytical approach to the topic and a basis for future research.” (Fritz Lange, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 262 (1), 2025)

Barbara Korte is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany, with a special interest in culture and media. She has published widely on travel writing and Victorian periodicals, including English Travel Writing: From Pilgrimages to Postcolonial Explorations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000).

• 1. Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900.- 2. The Entanglement of Periodicals and Travel in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 3. Travel in the Leisure Hour.-  4. Good Words: Travel in a Sixties Magazine.- 5. Travel in Victorian Women’s Periodicals.- 6. Travel in Juvenile Periodicals: BOP and GOP.- 7. Working People’s Travel in the Periodical Press, 1850 to 1870.- 8. Conclusions and Outlook to Other Media.

“Travel in Victorian Periodicals, 1850–1900. Media Logic and Cultural Work is a valuable addition to the study of travel culture and travel writing, providing a new analytical approach to the topic and a basis for future research.” (Fritz Lange, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Vol. 262 (1), 2025)