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The Journalistic Imagination: Literary Journalists from Defoe to Capote and Carter

By Richard Keeble

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0415417236, 9780415417235, 9780203939765
LCC
PR1285 .J66 2007
Open Library ID
OL10205563M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1061832 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
176\171
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre. Key features include: an international focus taking in writers from the UK, the USA and France essays featuring a range of extremely popular writers (such as Dickens, Orwell, Angela Carter, Truman Capote) and approaches them from distinctly original angles. Each chapter begins with a concise biography to help contextualise the the journalist in question and includes references and suggested further reading for students.  Any student or teacher of journalism or media studies will want to add this book to their reading list.

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