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Larry E. Sullivan, Lydia Cushman Schurman, editorsPublication Details
BookHaworth Press1996Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS374.P63 P56 1996 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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the Nick Carter Series, and Edward Stratemeyer?s rendition of the Lizzie Borden case, readers will find interesting information about:the roles of illustrations and covers in consumer cultureBowling Green?s endeavor to digitize paperback and pulp magazine coversbibliographical problems in collecting and controlling series booksthe effects of mass market fiction on young girlsLouisa May Alcott?s pseudonym and authorship of three dime novelsspecial collectionscompetition among publishersA collection of work presented at a symposium held by the Library of Congress, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes makes an outstanding contribution to redefining the role of popular fiction in American life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- American fiction — 19th century — History and criticism
- American fiction — 20th century — History and criticism
- Popular literature — United States — History and criticism
- Dime novels — Publishing — United States — History
- Paperbacks — Publishing — United States — History
- Literature publishing — United States — History
- Books and reading — United States — History
- Series (Publications) — Bibliography
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- "Has also been published as Primary sources & original works, volume 4, numbers 1/2 and 3/4, 1996"–T.p. verso
- Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes illuminates the significance of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks by exploring their historical backgrounds and analyzing their texts. Popular heroes and mysterious heroines abound as they are subjected to the scholar’s eye and explored as literary artifact, symbol, and myth. Readers will be enthralled as relationships are delineated among the three genres, between culture and popular fiction, and between history and fact. The result is a one -of-a-kind study of the evolutionary development and importance of these three forms of popular culture
Contents
- Preface / Lawrence J. McCrank
- Introduction / Larry E. Sullivan
- A Brief History of Dime Novels: Formats and Contents, 1860-1933 / Edward T. LeBlanc
- Librarian in Disguise: V. Valta Parma and the Development of Popular Culture Collections at the Library of Congress / Clark Evans
- They Came from the Newsstand: Pulp Magazines and Vintage Paperbacks in the Popular Culture Library / Alison M. Scott
- Keeping Abreast of Series Fiction Publishing: A Challenge for Children’s Literature Bibliographers / Karen Nelson Hoyle
- The Librarian of Congress Argues Against Cheap Novels Getting Low Postal Rates / Lydia Cushman Schurman
- Authors Who Wrote Dime Novels and Series Books, 1890-1914 / John T. Dizer
- Unearthing the Historical Readers, or, Reading Girls’ Reading / Nancy Tillman Romalov
- The Anglo-American Pulp Wars: Edwin Brett vs. Frank Leslie / E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra
- Paperback Detective: The Evolution of the Nick Carter Series from Dime Novel to Paperback, 1886-1990 / J. Randolph Cox
- The Possibilities of Flight: The Golden Age of American Aviation Series Books, 1927-1932 / David K. Vaughan
- World War II Combat in American Juvenile and Paperback Series Books / M. Paul Holsinger
- Parallel Pugilists: John L., Jr., and Gentleman Jack Stories in the New York Five Cent Library / Deidre A. Johnson
- Capitalism, Counterfeiting, and Literary Representation: The Case of Lizzie Borden / Kathleen Chamberlain
- The Discovery of Louisa May Alcott’s Pseudonym / Leona Rostenberg
- Dime Novels by "The Children’s Friend" / Madeleine B. Stern
- Advocating War Preparedness: H. Irving Hancock’s Conquest of the United States Series / Elizabeth S. Frank
- "The Bride of the Tomb" or, The Story Paper Debut of Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller / Angela J. Farkas
- From Immorality to Immortality: Character Transplant from Victorian Romances to the Oz Series / H. Alan Pickrell
- Romancing the Reader: From Laura Jean Libbey to Harlequin Romance and Beyond / Jean Carwile Masteller
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- 0789000164
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