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• DOI: 10.1017/9781009785297

• © Mila Daskalova 2026

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• First published 2026

• Cover image: ‘The Newspaper Editor’, Illustrated London News, 11 September 1880, p. 265. Credit: (c) Illustrated London News / Mary Evans Picture Library

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• Names: Daskalova, Mila author

• Title: The nineteenth-century asylum periodical : Britain, America and

• beyond / Mila Daskalova (University of Glasgow).

• Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. |

• Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture |

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Identifiers: LCCN 2026010155 (print) | LCCN 2026010156 (ebook) | ISBN 9781009785273 hardback | ISBN 9781009785327 paperback | ISBN 9781009785297 ebook

• Subjects: LCSH: Mental illness--Press coverage--Great Britain--History--19th century | Mental illness--Press coverage--United States--History--19th century | Mental illness--Periodicals--Publishing | Mentally ill, Writings of the, American--History and criticism |

• Mentally ill, Writings of the, English--History and criticism | Asylums--Great Britain--History--19th century | Asylums--United States--History--19th century

• Classification: LCC PN5124.M46 D37 2026 (print) | LCC PN5124.M46 (ebook)

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