The Undeclared War between Journalism and Fiction [electronic resource] : Journalists as Genre Benders in Literary History /
Underwood, D.author.
In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary,' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Journalists challenging the boundaries of journalism and fiction -- Artful falsehoods and the constraints of the journalist's life -- Hemingway as seeker of the "real thing" and the epistemology of art -- The funhouse mirror: journalists portraying journalists in their fiction -- Epilogue.
In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary,' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life.
Journalism.
Social history.
Literature.
Civilization—History.
Communication.
Literature—History and criticism.
Journalism.
Social History.
Literature, general.
Cultural History.
Media Studies.
Literary History.