Literary Journalism in Colonial Australia

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvWilla McDonald

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This book traces the beginnings of literary (narrative) journalism in Australia. The resulting cultural history reveals important milestones in the development of Australia’s press and literature, while demonstrating the concerns unveiled in colonial literary journalism still resonate in Australia in the 21st century.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-09-04
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt411 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in Literary Journalism
Antal sidor290
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031317910

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Chapter 1 — Writing Reality: Constructing a Nation.- Chapter 2 — True Beginnings.- Chapter 3 — Journals, Letters and Unexpected Forms.- Chapter 4 — Captured Lives: Settler Memoir.- Chapter 5 — The Sketch: Colonial Characters.- Chapter 6 — Sketches of Place, Landscape and Travel.- Chapter 7 — Reporting on City Life: The Highs and Lows of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’.- Chapter 8 — Literary Journalism and Ned Kelly’s ‘Last Stand’.- Chapter 9 — ‘Blackbirding’, Subjectivity and the Unseeing ‘I’.- Chapter 10 — Life in the Trenches: The Challenges of Reporting War.- Chapter 11 — Boer War Journalism: Irony, Understatement and Sentiment.- Chapter 12 — Conclusion.