The New Journalism, the New Imperialism and the Fiction of Empire, 1870-1900

Author:   Andrew Griffiths
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
ISBN:  

9781137454362


Pages:   233
Publication Date:   20 August 2015
Format:   Hardback
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The New Journalism, the New Imperialism and the Fiction of Empire, 1870-1900


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Aggressive policy, enthusiastic news coverage and sensational novelistic style combined to create a distinctive image of Britain's Empire in late-Victorian print media. The New Journalism, the New Imperialism and the Fiction of Empire, 1870-1900 traces this phenomenon through the work of editors, special correspondents and authors.

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Author:   Andrew Griffiths
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.091kg
ISBN:  

9781137454362


ISBN 10:   1137454369
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   20 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Empire, News, Novels 1. Most Extraordinary Careers: Special Correspondents and the News Narrative 2. W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the Novelization of the News 3. Romance or Reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall Gazette 4. A Scramble for Authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo 5. Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the End of the Imperial Romance Conclusion: Conflict, Friction and Fragmentation

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Andrew Griffiths is Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University, UK and is an active researcher in the fields of Victorian literature and culture, print media history, imperial history and war writing. He has taught at the University of Exeter and also for the Open University.

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