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1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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". |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Political and social views.
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Sex scandals -- Great Britain -- History.
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Home rule -- Ireland.
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Sensationalism in journalism -- Great Britain.
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English newspapers -- Great Britain -- History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Backus, Margot Gayle. Scandal work : James Joyce, the new journalism, and the home rule newspaper wars. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013] xvii, 304 pages 9780268022372 (DLC) 2013022744 |
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9780268022372 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0268022372 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780268075910 (electronic bk.) |
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