Nikki Hessell

Literary Authors, Parliamentary Reporters

Johnson, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Dickens

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of how Johnson, Coleridge, Hazlitt and Dickens used their experience of parliamentary journalism in their literary careers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 323g
• ISBN-13: 9781107442535
• ISBN-10: 1107442532
• Artikelnr.: 41374797

Autorenporträt

Nikki Hessell is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: reporting and the individual talent
2. Samuel Johnson: beyond Lilliput
3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the freedom of the gallery
4. William Hazlitt and the real eloquence of the British senate
5. Charles Dickens and the ghost of speeches past
6. Conclusion: taking parliamentary reporting seriously
Bibliography
Index.