Narrating the News: New Journalism and Literary Genre in Late Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers and Fiction
Document Type
Book
Abstract/Description
Due to a burgeoning print marketplace during the late 19th century, urban newspapers felt pressure to create entertaining prose, drawing on popular literary genres as a way of framing the news. Karen Roggenkamp examines five stories featured in New York newspapers during the 1890's.
Department
Literature and Languages
Date
2005
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Publication City
Kent, Ohio
Citation Information
Roggenkamp, K. (2005). Narrating the news: New journalism and literary genre in late nineteenth-century American newspapers and fiction. Kent State University Press.
