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Scandal work

Backus, Margot Gayle, 1961-

Scandal work James Joyce, the new journalism, and the home rule newspaper wars / [electronic resource] : Margot Gayle Backus. - Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: James Joyce and the political sex scandal: "The cracked lookingglass of a servant" -- Unorthodox methods in the home rule newspaper wars: Irish nationalism, Phoenix Park, and the fall of Parnell -- Investigative, fabricated, and self-incriminating scandal work: from "the maiden tribute of modern Babylon" to the Oscar Wilde trials -- James Joyce's early scandal work: "never write about the extraordinary" -- Reinventing the scandal fragment: "smiling at Wild(e) Irish" -- The protracted labor of the new journalist sex scandal: "lodged in the room of infinite possibilities" -- James Joyce's self-protective self-exposure: confessing in a foreign language -- (Re)fusing sentimentalism and scandal: "poor Penelope. Penelope rich" -- Dublin's tabloid unconscious: "a hairshirt of purely Irish manufacture" -- Coda: Jamming the imperial circuitry: "the readiest channel nowadays".

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Joyce, James, 1882-1941 --Political and social views.


English newspapers--History.--Great Britain
Sensationalism in journalism--Great Britain.
Home rule--Ireland.
Sex scandals--History.--Great Britain


Electronic books.

PR6019.O9 / Z5256515 2013

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