Literature And Journalism In Antebellum America: Thoreau, Stowe, And Their Contemporaries Respond To The Rise Of The Commercial Press
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Explores the sibling rivalry that emerged in the American literary marketplace in the decades after the advent of the penny press, showing how journalism became a target, a counterpoint, and even a model for numerous American authors, including Thoreau, Cooper, Poe, and Stowe.