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Literary Journalism - A Biographical Dictionary of Writers and Editors (Hardcover, New)
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Literary Journalism - A Biographical Dictionary of Writers and Editors (Hardcover, New)
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Literary journalism, a specific type of new journalism, utilizes
descriptive detail, realistic dialogue, and dramatic literary
techniques to enliven nonfiction reporting. Features of literary
journalism have been employed for centuries, and thus it is
misleading to call it new. The entries in this reference provide
biographical information and critical commentary on literary
journalists and editors ranging from Daniel Defoe to Charles
Dickens, and Mark Twain to Truman Capote, Joseph Wambaugh, and Bill
Moyers. Entries frequently include quotations that exemplify the
critical response to the journalist's work, and the volume closes
with a bibliography. Though literary journalism is a particular
type of new journalism, its techniques have been used by writers
for centuries. Some early practitioners include Joseph Addison,
Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe. Literary journalists use dramatic
literary techniques to enliven nonfiction accounts of historical
events. Thus literary journalism typically combines solid reporting
with extensive descriptive detail, realistic dialogue, a subjective
point of view, and other characteristics of fiction writing.
Contemporary authors continue to employ literary journalism in
their works, which range from newspaper columns to historical
novels. This reference is a valuable guide to the development and
practice of literary journalism. The volume begins with an
introductory essay that places literary journalism within the
larger context of new journalism and explains the origins of
literary journalism as a form of writing. The bulk of the reference
provides alphabetically arranged biographical entries for more than
150 writers and editors involved with literary journalism. Included
are profiles of early figures such as Charles Dickens and Mark
Twain, along with modern writers such as Truman Capote, George
Plimpton, and Mike Royko. Entries survey and assess the careers of
the writers and editors, provide bibliographical information, and
often include quotations exemplifying the critical response to the
person's work. The volume closes with a selected bibliography.
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