After the rise of the penny press in the 1830s, journalism became a target, a counterpoint, and even a model for many American writers. The first book of its kind, Literature and Journalism in Antebellum America explores the sibling rivalry that emerged as Poe, Thoreau, Stowe, and their contemporaries responded to newspapers, defended their own versions of the truth, and crafted "news of their own" in Walden, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and other works. This historical study provides fresh insights into the antebellum era while informing the current debate over stories and truths in the age of blogs,...
After the rise of the penny press in the 1830s, journalism became a target, a counterpoint, and even a model for many American writers. The first book...
The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering the impact of the newspaper on Whitman's poetry, nineteenth-century reporters' fabrications, and Stephen Colbert's alternative journalism, this book will illuminate and inform.
The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering...
Introduction to Information Literacy for Students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age.
Features a unique step-by-step method that can be applied to any research project
Includes research insights from professionals, along with review exercises, insiders' tips and tools, search screen images utilized by students, and more
Encourages active inquiry-based learning through the inclusion of various study questions and exercises
Provides students with effective research strategies to serve them through...
Introduction to Information Literacy for Students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age.
Introduction to Information Literacy for Students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age.
Features a unique step-by-step method that can be applied to any research project
Includes research insights from professionals, along with review exercises, insiders' tips and tools, search screen images utilized by students, and more
Encourages active inquiry-based learning through the inclusion of various study questions and exercises
Provides students with effective research strategies to serve them through...
Introduction to Information Literacy for Students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age.
Explores the sibling rivalry that emerged in the American literary marketplace in the decades after the advent of the penny press, showing how journalism became a target, a counterpoint, and even a model for numerous American authors, including Thoreau, Cooper, Poe, and Stowe.
Explores the sibling rivalry that emerged in the American literary marketplace in the decades after the advent of the penny press, showing how journal...
The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering the impact of the newspaper on Whitman's poetry, nineteenth-century reporters' fabrications, and Stephen Colbert's alternative journalism, this book will illuminate and inform.
The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering...
Offers a collection of reminiscences captures the private life of a great American writer. This is a rich, multifaceted portrait painted by those who knew Thomas Wolfe (casually or intimately), loved him (or didn't), and saw, heard, and experienced the literary (and literal) giant.
Offers a collection of reminiscences captures the private life of a great American writer. This is a rich, multifaceted portrait painted by those who ...
