Literature and Journalism in Antebellum America: Thoreau, Stowe, and Their Contemporaries Respond to the Rise of the Commercial Press

Canada, M.

Explores the sibling rivalry that emerged in the American literary marketplace in the decades after the advent of the penny press, showing how journalism became a target, a counterpoint, and even a model for numerous American authors, including Thoreau, Cooper, Poe, and Stowe.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-03-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230110946

DOI: 10.1057/9780230118591

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 203