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Literature and journalism in antebellum America : Thoreau, Stowe, and their contemporaries respond to the rise of the commercial press /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Canada, Mark
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Journalism and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Press and journalism in literature.
Journalism > United States > History > 19th century.
American newspapers > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a sibling rivalry in American letters
  • Encounters and critiques
  • The story and the truth
  • Encounters with the news
  • Literary critiques of journalism
  • News of their own. Dispatches from the fringe
  • Truthful hoaxes
  • Investigative fiction
  • Epilogue.