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West, Peter, 1972-

The Arbiters of Reality Hawthorne, Melville, and The Rise of Mass Information Culture / Peter West. - 1 online resource (xiv, 229 p.) : ill., map ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.

Forever stained with blood, blood, blood! : murder and mass journalism in Hawthorne's Salem -- The journalistic origins of romance -- Hawthorne's city of refuge -- In this world of lies : Zachary Taylor and the American telegraph in Melville's New York -- The island telegraph : information culture and the Melvillean self in Typee -- Benito Cereno and the blunt-thinking American.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780814271858 0814271855

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.
Romanticism--United States.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Telegraph--History--United States--19th century.
Journalism--United States--History--19th century.
Reality in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PS1888 / .W47 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.3