Secret Commissions: An Anthology of Victorian Investigative Journalism - Tapa blanda

 
9781551113302: Secret Commissions: An Anthology of Victorian Investigative Journalism
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ISBN 10: 1551113309 ISBN 13: 9781551113302
Editorial: Broadview Press Ltd, 2012

Sinopsis

Lurid, controversial, and vulnerable to accusations of titillation or rabble-rousing, the works of Victorian investigative journalism collected here nonetheless brought unseen suffering into the light of day. Even today their exposure has the power to shock. As one investigator promised, “The Report of our Secret Commission will be read to-day with a shuddering horror that will thrill throughout the world.”

Secret Commissions brings together nineteen key documents of Victorian investigative journalism. Their authors range from well-known writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, and W.T. Stead to now-forgotten names such as Hugh Shimmin, Elizabeth Banks, and Olive Malvery. Collectively, they show how unsparing descriptions of social injustice became regular features of English journalism long before the advent of American-style “muckraking.” The reports address topics as varied as child abuse, animal cruelty, juvenile prostitution, sweat-shops, slums, gypsies, abortion, infanticide, and other controversial social issues. The collection features detailed chapter introductions, original illustrations, a historical overview of investigative reporting in the nineteenth-century press, and suggestions for further reading.

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Acerca del autor

Stephen Donovan is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Matthew Rubery is Reader in English Literature at Queen Mary, University of London.

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Lurid, controversial, and vulnerable to accusations of titillation or rabble-rousing, the works of Victorian investigative journalism collected here nonetheless brought unseen suffering into the light of day. Even today their exposure has the power to shock. As one investigator promised, "The Report of our Secret Commission will be read to-day with a shuddering horror that will thrill throughout the world."

Secret Commissions brings together nineteen key documents of Victorian investigative journalism. Their authors range from well-known writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, and W.T. Stead to now-forgotten names such as Hugh Shimmin, Elizabeth Banks, and Olive Malvery. Collectively, they show how unsparing descriptions of social injustice became regular features of English journalism long before the advent of American-style "muckraking." The reports address topics as varied as child abuse, animal cruelty, juvenile prostitution, sweat-shops, slums, gypsies, abortion, infanticide, and other controversial social issues. The collection features detailed chapter introductions, original illustrations, a historical overview of investigative reporting in the nineteenth-century press, and suggestions for further reading.

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Editorial
Broadview Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1551113309
ISBN 13 
9781551113302
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Editor
Donovan Stephen, Rubery Matthew
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