literary journalists from Defoe to Capote and Carter /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Richard Keeble and Sharon Wheeler.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 160 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Defoe's The storm as a model for contemporary reporting / Jenny McKay -- William Hazlitt : poetry, drama, and literary journalism / Kirsten Daly -- The personal is the political : George Sand's contribution to popular journalism / Jane Chapman -- Charles Dickens and the voices of journalism / John Tulloch -- 'A work and a purpose' : Willa Cather's journalism / Charlotte Beyer -- 'The dangerous third martini' : Graham Greene, libel and literary journalism in 1930s Britain / David Finkelstein -- The lasting in the ephemeral : assessing George Orwell's As I please columns / Richard Keeble -- An unscathed tourist of wars : the journalism of Martha Gellhorn / Deborah Wilson -- Cold-blooded journalism : Truman Capote and the non-fiction novel / Nick Nuttall -- The journalist as philosopher and cultural critic : the case of Angela Carter / Linden Peach.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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With an international focus, and a broad historical scope, this student-friendly book focuses on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, and explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and the literary qualities of journalism.