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The Dime Novel Detective

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Author : Gary Hoppenstand
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1982

The Dime Novel Detective written by Gary Hoppenstand and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Fiction categories.

Provides reprints of the texts of 5 detective dime novels, and lists of all the titles in the series published by the five publishers.

The Dime Novel Companion

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Author : J Randolph Cox
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2000-05-30

The Dime Novel Companion written by J Randolph Cox and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-30 with Social Science categories.

This encyclopedic guide to the American dime novel contains over 1,200 entries on serial publications, major writers and editors, publishers, and major characters, fiction genres, themes, and locales. An introduction provides a brief history of the dime novel. A discussion of dime novel scholarship includes a selected directory of libraries and museums with significant collections of dime novels. An appendix contains a publishing chronology of the more than 300 serial publications, and a selected bibliography suggests further reading. This comprehensive reference will appeal to popular culture scholars and to dime novel collectors. As an important research tool, entries are cross-referenced throughout. An index is included.

The Beadle Collection Of Dime Novels

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Author : New York Public Library
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-28

The Beadle Collection Of Dime Novels written by New York Public Library and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-28 with Fiction categories.

In 'The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels', the New York Public Library presents a meticulously organized catalog of an often underappreciated literary phenomenon that dominated American popular literature in the late nineteenth century. Comprising various entries that detail the authors, titles, and publication specifics of these economical yet culturally significant tales, the collection offers both a reference guide and a fascinating insight into the reading habits of a past era. The collection asserts itself not just as an archival effort but as a narrative of the rise and influence of dime novels, capturing the literary style of mass-market storytelling and the zeitgeist they reflected at the time of their publication. The compilation was spearheaded by the New York Public Library, an institution renowned for its commitment to preserving and documenting literary heritage. This collection reflects a scholarly attempt to frame the dime novel as a key player in the democratization of reading in America, thereby highlighting its contribution to the formation of popular genres and the evolution of American pop culture. The library's comprehensive approach provides a foundation for understanding the societal and historical contexts that may have led authors of the period to gravitate towards this form of literature. 'The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels' is an invaluable resource for historians, literary scholars, and enthusiasts of Americana. The collection invites readers to delve into the rich tapestry of popular American narrative and to appreciate the dime novel's role in shaping accessible storytelling. With its combination of academic rigor and preservation of literary history, the book beckons those interested in the intersecting paths of culture, history, and literature to explore an era of popular reading that set the stage for modern mass-market publishing.

The Dime Novel In Children S Literature

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Author : Vicki Anderson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-10-16

The Dime Novel In Children S Literature written by Vicki Anderson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Literary Criticism categories.

With their rakish characters, sensationalist plots, improbable adventures and objectionable language (like swell and golly), dime novels in their heyday were widely considered a threat to the morals of impressionable youth. Roundly criticized by church leaders and educators of the time, these short, quick-moving, pocket-sized publications were also, inevitably, wildly popular with readers of all ages. This work looks at the evolution of the dime novel and at the authors, publishers, illustrators, and subject matter of the genre. Also discussed are related types of children's literature, such as story papers, chapbooks, broadsides, serial books, pulp magazines, comic books and today's paperback books. The author shows how these works reveal much about early American life and thought and how they reflect cultural nationalism through their ideological teachings in personal morality and ethics, humanitarian reform and political thought. Overall, this book is a thoughtful consideration of the dime novel's contribution to the genre of children's literature. Eight appendices provide a wealth of information, offering an annotated bibliography of dime novels and listing series books, story paper periodicals, characters, authors and their pseudonyms, and more. A reference section, index and illustrations are all included.

Bibliography Dime Novels 1860 1964

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Author : Charles Bragin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964

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Dime Novels

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Author : Edmund Lester Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press
Release Date : 1968

Dime Novels written by Edmund Lester Pearson and has been published by Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with American fiction categories.

Alphabetical Catalogue Of The Library Of Congress

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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Alphabetical Catalogue Of The Library Of Congress written by Library of Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Library catalogs categories.

Dime Novels

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Author : Egon Sharpe Pearson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968

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The Novel World

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932

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Dime Novels And The Roots Of American Detective Fiction

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Author : P. Bedore
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-07

Dime Novels And The Roots Of American Detective Fiction written by P. Bedore and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with Social Science categories.

This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulses—theorized as contamination and containment—explain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner.