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Scandal work : James Joyce, the new journalism, and the home rule newspaper wars / Margot Gayle Backus.

Author/creator Backus, Margot Gayle, 1961-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNotre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
Descriptionxvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents 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".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013022744
ISBN9780268022372 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0268022372 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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