Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
Short Fiction Titles
- Emily von Rosenthal–How She Was Spirited Away in vol. 45, issue 282 (1839), pp. 490-528
- Karain: A Memory in vol. 162, issue 1 (1897), pp. 630-656
- The Land of Suspense: A Story of the Seen and Unseen in vol. 161, issue 975 (1897), pp. 131-157
- The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Part I in vol. 81, issue 495 (1857), pp. 2-22 [Draft]
- The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Part II in vol. 81, issue 496 (1857), pp. 153-172 [Draft]
- The Story of Shakrak and the Magician of Constantinople; Being a Subject for a Melo-drama in vol. 3 (1818), pp. 258-266 [Draft]
- The Withered Arm in vol. 143, issue 867 (1888), pp. 30-48
Overview
Originating in Edinburgh, Blackwood’s was an incredibly popular literary magazine that ran from 1817–1980. It catered to a conservative, Tory audience. Although it specialized in gothic tales, Blackwood’s published a variety of genres.
Further Reading
“Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1824-1900.” The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. ProQuest.
“Edinburgh Monthly Magazine.” The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900, Series 2. Ed. John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2003. Online edition.
Finkelstein, David. “Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1817-1980).” Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Gen. Eds. Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor. Gent and London: Academia Press and The British Library, 2009. 60.
Killick, Tim. “Blackwood’s and the Boundaries of the Short Story,” in Romanticism and Blackwood’s Magazine: “An Unprecedented Phenomenon.” Ed. Robert Morrison. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 163-174.
Mason, Nicholas, Gen. Ed. Blackwood’s Magazine, 1817-25. Vols. 1-6. Pickering & Chatto, 2006.
Morrison, Robert, Ed. Romanticism and Blackwood’s Magazine: “An Unprecedented Phenomenon.” Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Editors
- Sari Carter
- Leslee Thorne-Murphy
- Alexandra Malouf
Posted
16 December 2016.
Last modified
25 January 2024.