Introduction: The Nexus of Travel, Travel Writing and Periodicals 1850–1900

This chapter introduces the aims, method and structure of the study, which is located at the intersection of travel (writing) and periodical studies. Concerning the Victorian period, travel and the periodical press were interconnected. With their specific mediality, Victorian periodicals habituated large and socially diverse audiences to the idea and practice of travel. However, they did so with individual profiles that are distinguished in the case studies of the subsequent chapters.