Newspaper Confessions: A History Of Advice Columns In A Pre-Internet Age

The first book to trace the history of early advice columns in American newspapers, Newspaper Confessions reveals how advice columnists and contributors established the idea of the virtual confessional to ease the anxieties of modern life, creating a genre that continues to shape the way Americans talk publicly and anonymously about their feelings today.

• | By (Author): Julie (Curator Of History, Social Sciences, And Government Information, Curator Of History, Social Sciences, And Government Information, New York Public Library) Golia
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Oct 14, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0197527787
• | ISBN-13: 9780197527788