Description
Connects British and American literature to a changing media landscape in an era of innovation.
About the Author
Richard Menke is an associate professor of English at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Telegraphic Realism: Victorian Fiction and Other Information Systems (2008) and a three-time recipient of essay prizes from the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Reviews
'Menke's book has much to offer readers interested in periodical studies, especially the connections between new mediums such as the telegraph and the developing mass media.' Troy J. Bassett, Victorian Periodicals Review
'The book leaves you with a sense of a complex interlaced media system, and it is an exceptionally well written cross-disciplinary book. It is also to be considered a great strength of the book that it deals with a period of only 20 years, allowing the reader to get a sense of how deeply technological developments pushed changes in media and of how writing was viewed during this focused period of time.' Laura Sovso Thomasen, Metascience
'Menke has assembled an astonishingly rich archive of primary material, unearthing anecdotes and historical consiliences that play no small part in ramifying and finessing the transitions that link together the various sections of his study ... crystal clear in its formulations ... and carefully argued throughout ...' Aaron Worth, Victorian Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781108730174
Author Richard Menke
Format Paperback
Page Count 277
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 414g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm