University Press of America
Pages: 164
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-4093-0 • Paperback • September 2008 • $46.99 • (£36.00)
Jan Whitt is associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Whitt's first book with UPA, Reflections in a Critical Eye: Essays on Carson McCullers, is winner of the 2008 Eric Hoffer Book Award culture category, second place winner in the ForeWord Magazine 2007 Book Award women's issues category and a finalist in the Colorado Book Awards anthology and collections category.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Literary Journalism as a Borderland
Chapter 3 Chapter 2. From Straight News to Literary Journalism and Fiction
Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Women in American Literary Journalism
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Engagingly written, Settling the Borderland sparkles with insights that will inspire others to help settle this long overlooked territory.
— American Journalism: A Media History Journal , December 2008
An insightful addition to the growing scholarship about the relationship between journalism and literature. Whitt demonstrates in detail the direct links between these authors' early journalism experiences and their literary writing. The reader will be struck by how much has been imparted in relatively few pages. Whitt's scholarship is sound and will doubtless inspire continued exploration of this less known realm.
— Nancy Roberts, State University of New York at Albany; Literary Journalism Studies
Because of its review of basic concepts of literary journalism, the book could serve as a useful and concise starting point for new students of the field, but its enduring value lies in the possibilities it reveals for future research.
— American Journalism: A Media History Journal , Spring 2009
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