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Author:

Griffiths, Andrew, 1983- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015032128

Title:

The new journalism, the new imperialism and the fiction of empire, 1870-1900 / Andrew Griffiths.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 233 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Journalism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
British newspapers--History--19th century.
Press--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Great Britain--History--History--19th century.
Imperialism.
British colonies.
British newspapers.
English fiction.
Imperialism.
Journalism and literature.
Politics and literature.
Press.
Great Britain.
Journalistik och litteratur.
1800 - 1899
History and criticism--19th century--History and criticism
19th century--Great Britain--History--19th century
19th century--History--19th century
19th century--Great Britain--History--19th century
19th century--Great Britain--History--19th century
19th century--Colonies--History--19th century
Imperialism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation.

Summary:

Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of the media

ISBN:

1137454369
9781137454362

OCLC:

(OCoLC)909321087

LCCN:

2015014625

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)