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Scandal Work: James Joyce, the New Journalism, and the Home Rule Newspaper Wars
By Backus, Margot Gayle
- ISBN
- 9780268022372
- Publisher
- Univ. of Notre Dame
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Starred Review on November 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
This excellent study explores the intersection of newspaper journalism and literary production in Ireland at the end of the 19th century. Backus (English, Univ. of Houston) has written a thoughtful analysis of the early years of scandal journalism and, more particularly, the effects of this journalism on Irish politics and the writing career of writer James Joyce (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man). She opens with a discussion of the Oscar Wilde...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
