Settling the Borderland

Other Voices in Literary Journalism

By: Jan Whitt

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Paperback | 5 September 2008

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Settling the Borderland deals with the intimate connection between journalism and literature, both fields in which work by women has been underrepresented. This book has a twin focus: the work of journalists who became some of the greatest novelists, poets, and short-story writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in America, several of whom are men, and contemporary journalists who best exemplify the effective use of literary techniques in news coverage. Although five women are emphasized here (Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, Sara Davidson, and Susan Orlean), three men whose work was profoundly influenced by journalism also are included. Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and John Steinbeck are well known as writers of poetry, short stories, and novels, but they, too, are among the 'other voices' rarely included in studies of literary journalism. In Settling the Borderland, Jan Whitt presents a thorough analysis of the increasingly indistinct lines between truth and fiction and between fact and creative narrative in contemporary media.

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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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Non-Fiction Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Press & Journalism Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Miscellaneous Items Society & Culture Media Studies Biographies & True Stories Biographies Social Groups

Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls Non-Fiction Prose Reportage & Collected Journalism

Introduction	p. 1
The Development of Literary Journalism	p. 8
The Art of Literary Journal ism	p. 10
The Techniques of Literary Journalism	p. 12
Literary Journalism as a Borderland	p. 21
American Literary Giants and Journalism	p. 24
Willa Cather	p. 25
Stephen Crane	p. 28
Theodore Dreiser	p. 30
Upton Sinclair	p. 31
Ernest Hemingway	p. 33
Allegory and Literary Journalism	p. 34
Selected Classics of Literary Journalism	p. 40
In Cold Blood	p. 42
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	p. 51
The Right Stuff	p. 53
The Year of Magical Thinking and Salvador	p. 56
From Straight News to Literary Journalism and Fiction	p. 61
Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman	p. 61
Walt Whitman and Journalism	p. 63
Edgar Allan Poe and Journalism	p. 68
Katherine Anne Porter	p. 73
Pale Horse, Pale Rider	p. 75
"The Grave"	p. 80
The Never-Ending Wrong	p. 82
Eudora Welty	p. 85
The Short Stories	p. 87
Photography and Other Media	p. 91
John Steinbeck	p. 101
Travels with Charley in Search of America	p. 108
The Grapes of Wrath	p. 113
Women in American Literary Journalism	p. 119
Joan Didion	p. 121
American Politics	p. 123
The Final Frontier	p. 125
Personal Point of View	p. 129
Sara Davidson	p. 133
Working in "The Gray Zone"	p. 135
The Search for Meaning	p. 137
Susan Orlean	p. 142
Allegory and the Quest for Wisdom	p. 145
Journalism as a Diary of the Past	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 153
Works Cited	p. 161
Index	p. 175
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