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OverviewIn this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary,' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: D. Underwood , D UnderwoodPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2013 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 3.309kg ISBN: 9781349469703ISBN 10: 134946970 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 07 October 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsUnderwood's impressive study is a testament to the evolution of scholarship in artistic nonfiction . . . [He] deftly addresses several themes that are essential to ongoing conversations about American literature and literary journalism . . . [The book] embodies meticulous documentation, and challenges readers to reconsider the impact of the ongoing dance that occurs even now along the boundary between journalism and fiction. - American Journalist Doug Underwood offers a fresh, accessible, and far-reaching investigation of the tensions between fact and fiction, reportage and novel-writing. In its exploration of how journalist - both in and out of the newsroom - engaged a 'story-telling impulse' in their quest for meaningful prose, The Undeclared War Between Journalism and Fiction stands as an important contribution to the interconnected studies of journalistic and literary histories. - Karen Roggenkamp, Associate Professor of English, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA Underwood's impressive study is a testament to the evolution of scholarship in artistic nonfiction . . . [He] deftly addresses several themes that are essential to ongoing conversations about American literature and literary journalism . . . [The book] embodies meticulous documentation, and challenges readers to reconsider the impact of the ongoing dance that occurs even now along the boundary between journalism and fiction. - American Journalist Doug Underwood offers a fresh, accessible, and far-reaching investigation of the tensions between fact and fiction, reportage and novel-writing. In its exploration of how journalist - both in and out of the newsroom - engaged a 'story-telling impulse' in their quest for meaningful prose, The Undeclared War Between Journalism and Fiction stands as an important contribution to the interconnected studies of journalistic and literary histories. - Karen Roggenkamp, Associate Professor of English, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA Underwood's impressive study is a testament to the evolution of scholarship in artistic nonfiction ... [He] deftly addresses several themes that are essential to ongoing conversations about American literature and literary journalism ... [The book] embodies meticulous documentation, and challenges readers to reconsider the impact of the ongoing dance that occurs even now along the boundary between journalism and fiction. - American Journalist Doug Underwood offers a fresh, accessible, and far-reaching investigation of the tensions between fact and fiction, reportage and novel-writing. In its exploration of how journalist - both in and out of the newsroom - engaged a 'story-telling impulse' in their quest for meaningful prose, The Undeclared War Between Journalism and Fiction stands as an important contribution to the interconnected studies of journalistic and literary histories. - Karen Roggenkamp, Associate Professor of English, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA Author InformationDoug Underwood is a Professor in the department of Communications at the University of Washington, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |