Literary Journalism in Colonial Australia

AvWilla McDonald

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-04
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:411 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Literary Journalism
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031317910

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Willa McDonald teaches and researches literary journalism and creative non-fiction writing at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. A former journalist, she is co-editor of Palgrave Macmillan’s Literary Journalism series.

Innehållsförteckning

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.