Scandal work :

James Joyce, the new journalism, and the Home Rule newspaper wars /
Margot Gayle Backus.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Backus, Margot Gayle, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index.

Physical description: xvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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ISBN:9780268022372 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0268022372 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Table of Contents:
Introduction: James Joyce and the political sex scandal: "The cracked lookingglass of a servant"
Unorthodox methods in the home rule newspaper wars: Irish nationalism, Phoenix Park, and the fall of Parnell
Investigative, fabricated, and self-incriminating scandal work: from "the maiden tribute of modern Babylon" to the Oscar Wilde trials
James Joyce's early scandal work: "never write about the extraordinary"
Reinventing the scandal fragment: "smiling at Wild(e) Irish"
The protracted labor of the new journalist sex scandal: "lodged in the room of infinite possibilities"
James Joyce's self-protective self-exposure: confessing in a foreign language
(Re)fusing sentimentalism and scandal: "poor Penelope. Penelope rich"
Dublin's tabloid unconscious: "a hairshirt of purely Irish manufacture"
Coda: Jamming the imperial circuitry: "the readiest channel nowadays".