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

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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: 9780230110946
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 810.939
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 203
Weight: 366g
Height: 217mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 17mm