Literature and Journalism in Antebellum America

Literature and Journalism in Antebellum America Thoreau, Stowe, and Their Contemporaries Respond to the Rise of the Commercial Press

1st Edition 2011

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781349293537
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2011
Language: English
Number of pages: 203
Weight: 294g
Height: 142mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 16mm