Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
Contents
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.
Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
Local Note
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access
Subject
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation.
