The Arbiters of Reality : Hawthorne, Melville, and The Rise of Mass Information Culture /

West, Peter 1972-

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index. - Description based on print version record.

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9780814271858


Reality in literature.
Journalism ; United States ; History ; 19th century.
Telegraph ; United States ; History ; 19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric) ; History ; 19th century.
Romanticism ; United States.
Literature and society ; United States ; History ; 19th century.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel ; 1804-1864 ; Criticism and interpretation.
Melville, Herman ; 1819-1891 ; Criticism and interpretation.


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