When W. T. Stead died on the Titanic he was the most famous Englishman on board. He was one of the inventors of the modern tabloid. His advocacy of ‘government by journalism’ helped launch military campaigns. His exposé of child prostitution raised the age of consent to sixteen, yet his investigative journalism got him thrown in jail. A mass of contradictions and a crucial figure in the history of the British press, Stead was a towering presence in the cultural life of late-Victorian and Edwardian society. This special issue of 19 celebrates Stead’s life and legacy in all its diversity 101 years on.
Articles
Old v. New Journalism and the Public Sphere; or, Habermas Encounters Dallas and Stead
- Graham Law
- Matthew Sterenberg
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‘No one pretends he was faultless’: W. T. Stead and the Women’s Movement
- Lucy Delap
- Maria DiCenzo
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W. T. Stead and the Eastern Question (1875-1911); or, How to Rouse England and Why?
- Stéphanie Prévost
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W. T. Stead’s ‘Penny Poets’: Beyond Baylen
- Tom Lockwood
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‘Two Minds With but a Single Thought’: W. T. Stead, Henry James, and the Zancig Controversy
- Paul Horn
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‘Julia Says’: The Spirit-Writing and Editorial Mediumship of W. T. Stead
- Sarah Crofton
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