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This article made the HN front page without any comments, so here are mine: I knew about Upton Sinclair and read his The Jungle many years ago, but I had never
by tkgally 4y ago
This article made the HN front page without any comments, so here are mine:
I knew about Upton Sinclair and read his The Jungle many years ago, but I had never heard of Mammonart.
According to the linked Wikipedia article, “Mammonart has been mostly ignored by critics. Very few reviews are available from online scholarly databases.” That immediately piqued my interest.
The edition of Mammonart at the Internet Archive [1] was published by the author. Publishing one’s own writing used to be derided (“vanity press”). Since the Internet, though, millions of people do that now every day, and I am glad they do.
Thanks again to the Internet Archive for making forgotten books like this available to everyone.
[1] https://archive.org/details/mammonart0000unse/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/mammonart0000unse/page/n3/mode/2...
- actionfromafar 4y agoHe also wrote about the "Yellow Press" which use click-bait (to use a modern term) and articles without substance to rake in profits. He should see the current mass media...
- tkgally 4y agoYes! Here is his 1919 book The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism, also self-published and also courtesy of the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924026364251/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/cu31924026364251/page/n3/mode/2u...