True Stories
A Century of Literary Journalism
Will be published approx. on 16. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
430 pages
978-0-8101-2469-1 (ISBN)
Description
Journalism in the twentieth century was marked by the rise of literary journalism. Sims traces more than a century of its history, examining the cultural connections, competing journalistic schools of thought, and innovative writers that have given literary journalism its power. Seminal examples of the genre provide ample context and background for the study of this style of journalism.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-2469-1 (9780810124691)
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Persons
Norman H. Sims is a professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts, the editor of The Literary Journalists and Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century, and the co-editor with Mark Kramer of Literary Journalism. Ted Conover is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.