Literary authors, parliamentary reporters : Johnson, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Dickens / Nikki Hessell.

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Hessell, Nikki

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 195 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139191081
113919108X
9781139186186
1139186183
9781139004954
1139004956
1283384183
9781283384186
1107229553
9781107229556
1139180010
9781139180016
9786613384188
6613384186
1139189794
9781139189798
1139188488
9781139188487
1139183869
9781139183864

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Literary authors, parliamentary reporters.DDC classification:

820.9 23

LOC classification:

PN5124.L6 H47 2012eb

Other classification:

LIT004120

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Contents:

1. Introduction: reporting and the individual talent -- 2. Samuel Johnson: beyond Lilliput -- 3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the freedom of the gallery -- 4. William Hazlitt and the real eloquence of the British senate -- 5. Charles Dickens and the ghost of speeches past -- 6. Conclusion: taking parliamentary reporting seriously.

Summary: "Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki Hessell's study is the first work to consider all four of these canonical writers as gallery reporters, providing a detailed picture of this intriguing episode in their careers. Hessell challenges preconceived notions about the role that emergent literary genius played in their success as reporters, arguing instead that they were consummate gallery professionals who adapted themselves to the journalistic standards of their day. That professional background fed in to their creative work in unexpected ways. By drawing on a wealth of evidence in letters, diaries and the press, this study provides fresh insights into the ways in which four great writers learnt the craft of journalism and brought those lessons to bear on their career as literary authors"-- Provided by publisher

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"Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki Hessell's study is the first work to consider all four of these canonical writers as gallery reporters, providing a detailed picture of this intriguing episode in their careers. Hessell challenges preconceived notions about the role that emergent literary genius played in their success as reporters, arguing instead that they were consummate gallery professionals who adapted themselves to the journalistic standards of their day. That professional background fed in to their creative work in unexpected ways. By drawing on a wealth of evidence in letters, diaries and the press, this study provides fresh insights into the ways in which four great writers learnt the craft of journalism and brought those lessons to bear on their career as literary authors"-- Provided by publisher