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  • An Archaeology of Sympathyby James Chandler

    University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 36.00

    In the middle of the eighteenth century, something new made itself felt in European culture—a tone or style that came to be called the sentimental. The sentimental mode went on to shape not just literature, art, music, and cinema, but people’s very structures of feeling, their ways of doing and being.   In what is sure to become... more...

  • African American Foreign Correspondentsby Jinx Coleman Broussard

    LSU Press 2013; US$ 35.00

    Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering. Beginning in the mid-1800s with Frederick Douglass and Mary Ann Shadd Cary?the first black woman to edit... more...

  • News Media in the Arab Worldby Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99

    News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and has investigated the rapidly changing nature of the news media in Arab countries. They have investigated the role of newspapers and television in news provision and the impact... more...

  • In Their Shoesby Grace Halsell

    TCU Press 2013; US$ 15.95

    Probably no American journalist, man or woman, has had a more extraordinary career than Grace Halsell. Before President Lyndon Johnson personally hired her to work in the White House, Halsell had, over a period of two decades, written her way around the world - Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Orient, and the Americas. Born on the windswept plains... more...

  • Radio Journalism in Americaby Jim Cox

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 45.00

    This is a volume of history validating the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed. Like everything else, radio has gone through many changes since the 1920s. Periods very distinct from each other embrace its roots, its golden age, and the well-defined eras dominated by the disc jockey, talk, and news formats. The U.S. was dependent... more...

  • The Grotesqueby Justin Edwards; Rune Graulund

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 24.95

    Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film. The book: presents a history of the literary... more...

  • Literature and the Humanby Andy Mousley

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 36.95

    Why does literature matter? What is its human value? Historical approaches to literature have for several decades prevailed over the idea that literary works can deepen our understanding of fundamental questions of existence. This book re-affirms literature's existential value by developing a new critical vocabulary for thinking about literature's... more...

  • Digital Media and Reporting Conflict: Blogging and the BBC?s Coverage of War and Terrorismby Daniel Bennett

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00

    This book explores the impact of new forms of online reporting on the BBC?s coverage of war and terrorism. Informed by the views of over 100 BBC staff at all levels of the corporation, Bennett captures journalists? shifting attitudes towards blogs and internet sources used to cover wars and other conflicts. He argues that the BBC?s practices and values... more...

  • Behind the Times:by Edwin Diamond

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.00

    An incisive examination of the world's most respected paper, Behind the Times tells the story of changing Times ian values and of a new era for the paper?a tale of editorial struggles, star columnists and critics, institutional self-importance, and the political and cultural favorites of the Times' owners and editors. Taking the reader inside... more...

  • Literature Through the Eyes of Faithby Susan V. Gallagher; Roger Lundin

    HarperCollins 2013; US$ 13.99

    This comprehensive study, cosponsored by the Christian College Coalition, addresses questions faced by students in introductory literature courses. It examines literature as a form of human action and argues that the reading and writing of literary works provide vital ways for men and women to act as responsible agents in God's world. Building upon... more...