Beschreibung:
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.
Introduction: On Journalism, Creativity and the Imagination 1. Defoe's The Storm as a Model for Contemporary Reporting 2. William Hazlitt: Poetry, Drama, and Literary Journalism 3. The Personal is the Political: George Sand's Contribution to Popular Journalism 4. Charles Dickens and the Voices of Journalism 5. 'A Work and a Purpose': Willa Cather's Journalism 6. 'The Dangerous Third Martini': Graham Greene, Libel and Literary Journalism in 1930s Britain 7. The Lasting in the Ephemeral: Assessing George Orwell's As I Please Columns 8. An Unscathed Tourist of Wars: The Journalism of Martha Gellhorn 9. Cold-Blooded Journalism: Truman Capote and the Non-Fiction Novel 10. The Journalist as Philosopher and Cultural Critic: The Case of Angela Carter