Literature and Journalism: Inspirations, Intersections, and Inventions from Ben Franklin to Stephen Colbert

By Mark Canada

Book Overview

The first of its kind, this collection will explore the ways that literature and journalism have intersected in the work of American writers. Covering the impact of the newspaper on Whitman's poetry, nineteenth-century reporters' fabrications, and Stephen Colbert's alternative journalism, this book will illuminate and inform.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349453196
• ISBN13: 9781349453191
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"