The new journalism, the new imperialism and the fiction of empire, 1870-1900

Sinopse

Introduction: Empire, news, novels -- Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative -- W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news -- Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette -- A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo -- Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance -- Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation