The Sense of Place and "Blackwood's (Edinburgh) Magazine"

The link Oliphant made between the saloon in George Street and its imaginary re-creation in her series and the famous "Noctes Ambrosianae" ("Nights at Ambrose's Tavern"), of an earlier era, was more than just a point about intellectual property.8 Lockhart's description...

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Published in:Victorian periodicals review 2016-09, Vol.49 (3), p.431-442
Main Author: SHATTOCK, JOANNE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Editorials
Editors
Gossip
North, Christopher
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Summary:The link Oliphant made between the saloon in George Street and its imaginary re-creation in her series and the famous "Noctes Ambrosianae" ("Nights at Ambrose's Tavern"), of an earlier era, was more than just a point about intellectual property.8 Lockhart's description of the saloon in the Princes Street shop, where authors and magazine contributors met to gossip and engage in what he described as "critical colloquies" in the benign presence of William Blackwood I, was a snapshot of the way Blackwood conducted his business. According to F. D. Tredrey's account, the "leading writers whose books were published by the firm" were invited, and most made the short journey from London.33 Laurel Brake, in "Maga, the Shilling Monthlies and the New Journalism," contends that a sense of place was important in the construction of each issue of Blackwood's.34 This is borne out in the letters between the editors and the office managers.
ISSN:0709-4698
1712-526X
1712-526X
DOI:10.1353/vpr.2016.0026