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The Age of Dimes and Pulps
A History of Sensationalist Literature, 1830-1960
Taschenbuch von Jeremy Agnew
Sprache: Englisch

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From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly.
This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly.
This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
Über den Autor
Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a PhD in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.
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Table of Contents

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¿1.¿A Love of the Lurid

¿2.¿Publishing the Sensational

¿3.¿Enter the Dime Novel

¿4.¿Dime Novel Heroes

¿5.¿Glorifying the Outlaws

¿6.¿The Rise of the Detective

¿7.¿Transition to the Pulps

¿8.¿Fantastic Heroes and High Adventure

¿9.¿Detectives Become Hard Boiled

10.¿And Even Harder Boiled

11.¿Pulp Visions of the Cowboy

12.¿The Western Pulp Matures

13.¿Pulps for Everyone

14.¿Yellow Perils and Weird Menaces

15.¿The Pulps Fade Away

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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781476669489
ISBN-10: 1476669481
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Agnew, Jeremy
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Agnew
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,467 kg
Artikel-ID: 124140263
Über den Autor
Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a PhD in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Preface delete

¿1.¿A Love of the Lurid

¿2.¿Publishing the Sensational

¿3.¿Enter the Dime Novel

¿4.¿Dime Novel Heroes

¿5.¿Glorifying the Outlaws

¿6.¿The Rise of the Detective

¿7.¿Transition to the Pulps

¿8.¿Fantastic Heroes and High Adventure

¿9.¿Detectives Become Hard Boiled

10.¿And Even Harder Boiled

11.¿Pulp Visions of the Cowboy

12.¿The Western Pulp Matures

13.¿Pulps for Everyone

14.¿Yellow Perils and Weird Menaces

15.¿The Pulps Fade Away

Postscript delete

Chapter Notes delete

Bibliography delete

Index delete
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781476669489
ISBN-10: 1476669481
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Agnew, Jeremy
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Agnew
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,467 kg
Artikel-ID: 124140263
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