Modernism on Fleet Street
Brings an array of archival research to the author's exploration of modernism's relationship to the newspaper press. This work discusses five modern writers, showing how their work takes part in contemporary debates about journalism and examining the role journalism played in establishing their careers.
VII, 257 p. ; 24 cm
9780754653080, 0754653080
954127623
Contents: Introduction; 'Illiterate with periodicals': the threat of journalism; T.S. Eliot, the journalistic struggle, and the 'dialect of the tribe'; Virginia Woolf and the conditions of reviewing; 'Tell a graphic lie': Ulysses, reform, and repression; 'What the public wants': Rose Macaulay and her publics; Strange necessities: Rebecca West on art, journalism, and the public sphere; Postscript: modernism, newspapers, and the public sphere; Notes; Works cited; Index.
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