The Age Of Dimes And Pulps
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The Age Of Dimes And Pulps
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Author : Jeremy Agnew
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-07-17
The Age Of Dimes And Pulps written by Jeremy Agnew and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
The Age Of Dimes And Pulps
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Author : Jeremy Agnew
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-07-25
The Age Of Dimes And Pulps written by Jeremy Agnew and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Empire S Nursery
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Author : Brian Rouleau
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Empire S Nursery written by Brian Rouleau and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with History categories.
How the West was fun -- Serialized Impreialism -- Empire's amateurs -- Internationalist impulses -- Dollar diplomacy for the price of a few nickels -- Comic book cold war.
True Story
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Author : Shanon Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-19
True Story written by Shanon Fitzpatrick and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Business & Economics categories.
Focusing on Bernarr Macfadden, a bodybuilder turned publishing mogul, Shanon Fitzpatrick charts the rise and export of US mass media and consumer culture. Macfadden’s magazines—featuring fitness tips, celebrity gossip, and sensational “true” stories—created an enduring editorial template and powered worldwide demand for interactive American media.
Pulp Culture
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Author : Frank M. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
Release Date : 1998
Pulp Culture written by Frank M. Robinson and has been published by Collectors Press, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with American fiction categories.
Pulp fiction' s lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre' s most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary.
Pulp Empire
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Author : Paul S. Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-06-05
Pulp Empire written by Paul S. Hirsch and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-05 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.
Eight Dime Novels
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Author : Everett F. Bleiler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982-06
Eight Dime Novels written by Everett F. Bleiler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-06 with categories.
Dime Novels Or Following An Old Trail In Popular Literature
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Author : Edmund Lester Pearson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Dime Novels Or Following An Old Trail In Popular Literature written by Edmund Lester Pearson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Dime novels, American categories.
The History Of Love
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Author : Nicole Krauss
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-06-28
The History Of Love written by Nicole Krauss and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Fiction categories.
Leo Gursky is a man who fell in love at the age of ten and has been in love ever since. These days he is just about surviving life in America, tapping his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbour know he's still alive, drawing attention to himself at the milk counter of Starbucks. But life wasn't always like this: sixty years ago in the Polish village where he was born Leo fell in love with a young girl called Alma and wrote a book in honour of his love. These days he assumes that the book, and his dreams, are irretrievably lost, until one day they return to him in the form of a brown envelope. Meanwhile, a young girl, hoping to find a cure for her mother's loneliness, stumbles across a book that changed her mother's life and she goes in search of the author. Soon these and other worlds collide in The History of Love, a captivating story of the power of love, of loneliness and of survival.
I Ll Kill You Tomorrow
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Author : Helen Huber
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2015-03-02
I Ll Kill You Tomorrow written by Helen Huber and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-02 with Fiction categories.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.