Keane, Gabrielle
(2019)
Locating literature in the ghost hoax: an exploration of 19th-century print news media.
Undergraduate Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The industrial revolution brought significant changes to printing technology, culture, and literacy. This thesis explores the way features of orality made their way into fiction through the publication of ghost “hoax” stories in nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals. By examining news stories and fiction together, one is able to see the connections and changes across the century, from news stories in 1804 to fiction stories from 1894. This thesis draws source materials from a publicly available web application developed in conjunction with the thesis. This small, curated collection furthers the argument for digital close reading of historical material within its own context and as context for literature, as well as demonstrates non-digital or digital-adjacent interpretive creation in the form of maps. Through the synthesis of fiction and non-fiction, digital and non-digital, this thesis demonstrates a cross-disciplinary breadth of study that allows for both close reading and broad historical analysis.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
26 April 2019 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
12 April 2019 |
| Approval Date: |
26 April 2019 |
| Submission Date: |
18 April 2019 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
53 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
David C. Frederick Honors College
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > English |
| Degree: |
BPhil - Bachelor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Undergraduate Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
periodical studies, folklore studies, orality and literacy, digital humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
26 Apr 2019 19:38 |
| Last Modified: |
26 Apr 2019 19:38 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/36549 |
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