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At the end of the nineteenth century, several countries were developing journalistic traditions similar to what we identify today as literary reportage or literary journalism. Yet throughout most of the twentieth century, in particular after World War I, that tradition was overshadowed and even marginalized by the general perception among democratic states that journalism ought to be either “objective,” as in the American tradition, or “polemical,” as in the European. Nonetheless, literary journalism would survive and, at times, even thrive. How and why is a story that is unique to each nation. Though largely considered an Anglo-American phenomenon today, literary journalism has had a long and complex international history, one built on a combination of traditions and influences that are sometimes quite specific to a nation and at other times come from the blending of cultures across borders. These essays examine this phenomenon from various international perspectives, documenting literary journalism’s rich and diverse heritage and describing its development within a global context. In addition to the editors, contributors include David Abrahamson, Peiqin Chen, Clazina Dingemanse, William Dow, Rutger de Graaf, John Hartsock, Nikki Hessell, Maria Lassila-Merisalo, Edvaldo Pereira Lima, Willa McDonald, Jenny McKay, Sonja Merljak Zdovc, Sonia Parratt, Norman Sims, Isabel Soares,and Soenke Zehle.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. Part I: Toward a Theory of International Literary Journalism
  1. Chapter 1. Literary Reportage: The “Other” Literary Journalism
  2. pp. 23-46
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  1. Chapter 2. Reportage in the U.K.: A Hidden Genre?
  2. pp. 47-60
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  1. Chapter 3. The Edge of Canadian Literary Journalism: The West Coast’s Restless Search for Meaning versus Central Canada’s Chronicles of the Rich and Powerful
  2. pp. 61-78
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  1. Chapter 4. The Counter-Coriolis Effect: Contemporary Literary Journalism in a Shrinking World
  2. pp. 79-84
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  1. Chapter 5. The Evolutionary Future of American and International Literary Journalism
  2. pp. 85-92
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  1. Part II: Journalistic Traditions
  1. Chapter 6. Dutch Literary Journalism: From Pamphlet to Newspaper (ca. 1600–1900)
  2. pp. 95-117
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  1. Chapter 7. Literary Journalism’s Magnetic Pull: Britain’s “New” Journalism and the Portuguese at the Fin-de-Siècle
  2. pp. 118-133
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  1. Chapter 8. Literary Journalism in Spain: Past, Present (and Future?)
  2. pp. 134-147
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  1. Chapter 9. Social Movements and Chinese Literary Reportage
  2. pp. 148-161
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  1. Chapter 10. A Century of Nonfiction Solitude: A Survey of Brazilian Literary Journalism
  2. pp. 162-183
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  1. Chapter 11. Literary Journalism in Twentieth-Century Finland
  2. pp. 184-208
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  1. Part III: Transnational Influences
  1. Chapter 12. Riding the Rails with Robin Hyde: Literary Journalism in 1930s New Zealand
  2. pp. 211-224
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  1. Chapter 13. James Agee’s “Continual Awareness,” Untold Stories: “Saratoga Springs” and “Havana Cruise”
  2. pp. 225-237
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  1. Chapter 14. Željko Kozinc, the Subversive Reporter: Literary Journalism in Slovenia
  2. pp. 238-259
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  1. Chapter 15. Creditable or Reprehensible? The Literary Journalism of Helen Garner
  2. pp. 260-275
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  1. Chapter 16. Ryszard Kapuściński and the Borders of Documentarism: Toward Exposure without Assumption
  2. pp. 276-294
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 295-298
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 299-306
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  1. Back Cover
  2. p. 322
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