Beschreibung:
Patrick Collier brings an impressive array of archival research to the first full-length study of Modernism's relationship to the newspaper press. His discussions of T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West, and Rose Macaulay show how their work participated in contemporary debates about journalism. His book is a major contribution to our understanding of the role journalism played in establishing the careers of Modernist writers.
Contents: Introduction; 'Illiterate with periodicals': the threat of journalism; T.S. Eliot, the journalistic struggle, and the 'dialect of the tribe'; Virginia Woolf and the conditions of reviewing; 'Tell a graphic lie': Ulysses, reform, and repression; 'What the public wants': Rose Macaulay and her publics; Strange necessities: Rebecca West on art, journalism, and the public sphere; Postscript: modernism, newspapers, and the public sphere; Notes; Works cited; Index.