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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 exmples of the genre provide ample context and background for the study of this style of journalism.
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Literary journalism might be defined as the ability to find a universal story in a single one. The reporter is not just an observer but has an emotional involvement in the subject. Sims (journalism, University of Massachusetts) has selected five examples of literary journalism, from John Dos Passos to Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, as samples of the best in the field. He intersperses these with chapters on the history and purpose of literary journalism along with studies of other practitioners of the craft such as John Reed, Earnest Hemingway and Tom Wolfe. This book would be useful in the classroom but also would be of interest to the general reader. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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