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Literary journalism in British and American prose : an historical overview
- Title
- Literary journalism in British and American prose : an historical overview / Doug Underwood.
- Author
- Underwood, Doug
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- viii, 286 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The debate surrounding "fake news" versus "real" news is nothing new. Famous journalists and literary figures have always mixed fact, imagination and critical commentary to produce memorable works. Contrasting the rival yet complementary traditions of "literary" or "new" journalism in Britain and the U.S., this study explores the credibility of some of the "great" works of English literature"--
- Subjects
- American fiction
- Reporters and reporting
- Reportage literature, English
- Journalism and literature
- Reportage literature, American
- American fiction > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Reporters and reporting > United States
- Reportage literature, English > History and criticism
- Journalism and literature > Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Reporters and reporting > Great Britain
- United States
- English fiction > History and criticism
- Journalism and literature > United States
- Reportage literature, American > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: journalism as literature: untangling the terms -- Journalists in the vanguard: reviewers, essayists and story-tellers -- The "great" 19th British journalists and the foundations of literary journalism -- American literary journalism: borrowings and distinctions -- Women, diversity, and the struggle to expand the literary audience -- The ascendance of the novelist and the accommodation of the professional critic -- Industrialized journalism and the modernist response -- The evolution of the person of letters and the rise of the university scholar -- Epilogue. hacks of genius: journalist-literary figures within the canon controversies.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-7474
- ISBN
- 9781476676210
- 1476676216
- LCCN
- 2019000168
- OCLC
- 1049794531
- Author
- Underwood, Doug, author.
- Title
- Literary journalism in British and American prose : an historical overview / Doug Underwood.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-7474