02073oam 22005054a 450 991052466990332120210915035050.0(CKB)5280000000212846(OCoLC)1082291498(MdBmJHUP)muse33642(EXLCZ)99528000000021284620080211d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Arbiters of RealityHawthorne, Melville, and The Rise of Mass Information Culture /Peter WestColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2008.©2008.1 online resource (xiv, 229 p.) : ill., map ;0-8142-1088-0 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.Literature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRomanticismUnited StatesNarration (Rhetoric)History19th centuryTelegraphUnited StatesHistory19th centuryJournalismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryReality in literatureElectronic books. Literature and societyHistoryRomanticismNarration (Rhetoric)HistoryTelegraphHistoryJournalismUnited StatesHistoryReality in literature.813/.3West Peter1972-1088312MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524669903321The Arbiters of Reality2605721UNINA