The Journalistic Imagination: Literary Journalists from Defoe to Capote and Carter

by Richard Keeble and Sharon Wheeler

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre.

Key features include:

an international focus taking in writers from the UK, the USA and France essays featuring a range of extremely popular writers (such as Dickens, Orwell, Angela Carter, Truman Capote)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415417244
• ISBN13: 9780415417242
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"