The Arbiters of Reality Hawthorne, Melville, and The Rise of Mass Information Culture - West, Peter, 1972-; Project Muse. (Ohio State University Press, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.
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Keywords: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Romanticism -- United States; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century; Telegraph -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Journalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Reality in literature; Electronic books