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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 ...
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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- Creator
- by Andrew Griffiths
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2015
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781137454386, 1137454385, 1349576697, 1137454369
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation