The arbiters of reality : Hawthorne, Melville, and the rise of mass information culture

The arbiters of reality Hawthorne, Melville, and the rise of mass information culture

Forever stained with blood, blood, blood! : murder and mass journalism in Hawthorne's Salem -- The journalistic origins of romance -- Hawthorne's city of refuge -- In this world of lies : Zachary Taylor and the American telegraph in Melville's New York -- The island telegraph : inform...

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1. Verfasser: West, Peter (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Press 2008
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel > Criticism and interpretation > Melville, Herman > Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864 > Melville, Herman 1819-1891 > Reality in literature > Journalism > United States > Telegraph > History > Narration (Rhetoric) > Romanticism > Literature and society > Prosa > Massenmedien
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Zusammenfassung:Forever stained with blood, blood, blood! : murder and mass journalism in Hawthorne's Salem -- The journalistic origins of romance -- Hawthorne's city of refuge -- In this world of lies : Zachary Taylor and the American telegraph in Melville's New York -- The island telegraph : information culture and the Melvillean self in Typee -- Benito Cereno and the blunt-thinking American
Forever stained with blood, blood, blood! : murder and mass journalism in Hawthorne's Salem -- The journalistic origins of romance -- Hawthorne's city of refuge -- In this world of lies : Zachary Taylor and the American telegraph in Melville's New York -- The island telegraph : information culture and the Melvillean self in Typee -- Benito Cereno and the blunt-thinking American
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIV, 229 S.
Ill.
ISBN:9780814210888
978-0-8142-1088-8