Salmon, RJ orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-9851 (2016) ‘What the World Says’: Henry James’ The Reverberator, Celebrity Journalism and Global Space. Comparative American Studies, 14 (1). pp. 76-89. ISSN 1477-5700
Abstract
This essay examines the influence of late nineteenth-century transatlantic celebrity journalism on the conception of Henry James’ novel The Reverberator (1888). A relatively neglected work in James’ canon, The Reverberator is known for its satirical treatment of the ‘mania for publicity’, but the depth of its engagement in contemporary debates on the ‘New Journalism’ in Britain and equivalent journalistic practices in America has not been fully recognized. Inspired by two documented cases of transatlantic controversy generated by Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World, The Reverberator explores the mass mediation of cultural conflicts in an age of telecommunication and the incipient globalization of geographical space. The essay focuses in particular on James’ response to the furore surrounding Julian Hawthorne’s purported ‘interview’ with James Russell Lowell, published in October 1886: an example of the type of celebrity culture often associated with the New Journalism and inscribed in such textual forms as the interview, gossip column and cable news report.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, Maney Publishing. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Comparative American Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Henry James, New Journalism, The Reverberator, Julian Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell, celebrity interviewing, publicity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2016 13:15 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2020 13:01 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14775700.2016.1213020 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Maney Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14775700.2016.1213020 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97091 |