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The New Journalism Free FREE THE NEW JOURNALISM PDF Tom Wolfe | 432 pages | 01 Feb 2010 | Pan MacMillan | 9780330243155 | English, Spanish | London, United Kingdom New Journalism - Wikipedia Goodreads The New Journalism you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read The New Journalism Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published January 1st by HarperCollins Publishers. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign The New Journalism. To The New Journalism other readers questions about The New Journalismplease sign up. Goodreader help me on how to read my book or must I click to read? See 1 question about The New Journalism…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The New Journalism. May 16, Florencia rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fictionde-nuntium. The book is also an anthology. Norman Mailer, Rex Reed and John Dunne are some of the journalists whose work The New Journalism been added to this wonderful collection. It was published in The New Herald Tribune in Repulsive and yet enthralling. There are a couple of things I found a tad annoying. An excessive use of exclamation marks, onomatopoeia, dashes and dots everywhere? Nevertheless, this is nothing but a detail when discussing accuracy and verifiability, which by no means should be sacrificed to give creativity The New Journalism more important role. Either way, this was a very enjoyable read. And an incredible source of inspiration, not only regarding themes but also The New Journalism to some of the stylistic devices used The New Journalism these journalists. I can also relate to the importance they give to the expression of emotions and its relationship with the reader. View all 27 comments. May 12, Ricky rated it really liked it Shelves: 0n-my-bookshelfboughtanthologies. For the most part, what you find in this book is probably not Literature but I would say that it's great selection of feature articles from its era and it's a great resource as a whole, as far as giving someone insight into the world that existed a decade The New Journalism his my birth. So, even if it never materialized as the literary phenomenon Wolfe thought it was, this collection serves to provide insight into the attitudes of Americans in the late sixties and early seventies vis- a-vis a wide spectru For the most part, what you find in this book is probably not Literature but I would say that it's great selection of feature articles The New Journalism its era and it's a great resource as a whole, as far as giving someone insight into the world that existed a decade before his my birth. So, even if it never materialized as the literary phenomenon Wolfe thought it was, this collection serves to provide insight into the attitudes of Americans in the late sixties and early seventies vis-a-vis a wide spectrum of topics and the very The New Journalism being celebrated gives one the impression of real insight into this other era. From Wikipedia: "New Journalism was a style of s and s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. The term was codified with its current The New Journalism by Tom Wolfe in a collection of journalism articles he published as The New Journalism, which included works by himself, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Robert Christgau and others. What I can say is that while some of the prose is a little tedious or dated, the stories themselves are generally quite interesting. There is an introductory essay by Tom Wolfe, which although in need of editing is worthwhile. Also the brief intros to each story are helpful though by the end your distaste for Wolfe is only sharpened. Rex Reed's story of an unconventional interview with Ava Gardner was engaging enough that it made me want to read the book from which the story was excerpted. The Gay Talese story about Broadway director Joshua Logan was similarly engaging and similarly piqued my curiosity about the book from which the story was excerpted. Then comes a snooze of a sketch about an adolescent boy. And then you have the first of several essays about the Vietnam War that are mostly of value because they give you a peephole into the Vietnam era. How people felt and so on and it's fascinating from a historical perspective. Also, I feel like reading the stories in this book has put the war experience into a slightly different, The New Journalism sharper, light. Perhaps it works better in context but considering how eloquent Capote was, I was struck by the flatness of the prose. Seriously, imagine my surprise. It's about The New Journalism hippie who kills some people in his podunk Kansas town and blows his brains out in the town square. Terry Southern's story about a baton twirling institute in Mississippi was another high point. He's another author I'd be interested in learning more about. Norman Mailer shows how you can make tedious prose somewhat readable by telling a somewhat interesting story. Another Vietnam combat story. Also illuminating. Tom Wolfe clearly felt hip when he was writing this. His hipness hasn't aged very well. Then comes an entertaining feature on Warhol Superstar Viva. An excerpt from the venerable George Plimpton's book where he trained with the Detroit Lions for three weeks or something. Engaging enough, considering that the subject of football generally turns me right off. I thought I might read the whole book but, realistically, I doubt I ever will. An interesting, if unsurprising profile of a New York detective. Filled with a few nuggets of new and The New Journalism information as well as a fair amount of historical perspective. It seemed to be a book I'd enjoy The New Journalism. Another Vietnam War story. Part of me thinks I've been desensitized to Vietnam stories because of all the movies I've seen but there is something rather immediate about these articles. The New Journalism think the writing in this article is probably The New Journalism a higher league than most of the other stuff in this book, which isn't surprising because this is generally regarded as what she did best and most of the other The New Journalism in this book were written by journalists and other second-rate authors. So the other articles tend to have more of a journalistic merit, despite Wolfe's contention that this was the next great literary movement. I understand that Didion's early work is not to everyone's taste but earnestly believe it to be of real value. A somewhat delightful bit about trading cocoa futures. A fine story of a girl who died from an extreme macrobiotic diet. An excerpt from Hunter S. Thompson's book on the Hell's Angels is substantially better than the bit about the derby. He seems more coherent here and it's pleasanter so. An uneven but thought-provoking article that takes as its subject the Memphis garbage workers' trip to Atlanta for Martin Luther King's funeral and explores race relations in the South and negro culture, including the speaking style of black ministers. And it ends with a medley of two excerpts from Tom Wolfe pieces, substantially better than the Ken Kesey electric Kool Aid bit. They have their weak points but I confess I'd be interested in reading the books from which the bits were excerpted View 1 comment. This is a The New Journalism slice of the mid-century New Journalism epoch. It features charged work from every major player including Terry Southern and others curiously ignored in Weingarten's overview. The predictions in Wolfe's manifesto haven't panned out as pervasively as he expected - if anything, today's writerly writers, by and large, are more gimmicky, narcissistic and insulated than The New Journalism - but that's capital-L Literature's loss, and the night is young. Humorous and intriguing. Very pleased. Nov 18, The New Journalism rated The New Journalism liked it. Highlights: pre Gonzo Hunter S. Middling pieces: Joan Didion on the 60sTerry Southern on baton twirlingthe normally impressive Gay Talese on broadway. Tedium: Tom Wolfe's two pieces. The New Journalism - Wikipedia New Journalism is a style of news writing and journalismdeveloped in the s and s, that uses literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. It is characterized by a subjective perspective, a literary style reminiscent of long-form non-fiction and emphasizing "truth" over "facts" [ clarification needed ]and intensive reportage in which reporters immersed themselves in the stories as they reported and wrote them. This was in contrast to traditional journalism where the journalist was typically "invisible" The New Journalism facts are reported as objectively as possible. The term was codified with its current meaning by Tom Wolfe in a collection of journalism articles he published as The New Journalismwhich included works by himself, Truman CapoteHunter S. Contemporary journalists and writers questioned the "newness" of New Journalism, as well The New Journalism whether it qualified as a distinct genre. The subjective nature of New Journalism received extensive exploration; one critic suggested the genre's practitioners were functioning more as sociologists or psychoanalysts than as journalists.
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