For God and country: W. T. Stead and the beginnings of the new journalism in Victorian Britain, 1883-1885

Author

• Phillip Michael Guerty

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1997

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Frazer, Heather

Abstract

Since the late nineteenth century, scholars and historians have attributed the growth of a sensational press in Britain to long-term societal changes such as the rise of capitalism. What has been ignored, however, is the importance of individual initiative, mainly that of W. T. Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette. During the Sudan Crisis of 1883-1885, Stead introduced a new type of journalism to England that combined typographical innovations, such as maps and striking headlines, with a lively literary style. At the root of this new type of reporting were Stead's deep-felt convictions about spreading Christianity, extending the empire, and improving the world through newspapers.

Extent

126 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Recommended Citation

Guerty, Phillip Michael, "For God and country: W. T. Stead and the beginnings of the new journalism in Victorian Britain, 1883-1885" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1144.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1144

Identifier

FADT15463

Format

pdf