The Secret Vow; Or, The Power of Woman's Hate
Title | The Secret Vow; Or, The Power of Woman's Hate PDF eBook |
Author | Ned Buntline |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 76 |
Release | 1870 |
Genre | |
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The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Title | The Publishers' Trade List Annual PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 2148 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | Publishers' catalogs |
ISBN |
The Dime Novel in Children's Literature
Title | The Dime Novel in Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Vicki Anderson |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 275 |
Release | 2004-11-23 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0786418435 |
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.
The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels
Title | The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Johannsen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 530 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | American fiction |
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 712 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Union catalogs |
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 712 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Catalogs, Union |
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Nineteenth-century American Western Writers
Title | Nineteenth-century American Western Writers PDF eBook |
Author | Robert L. Gale |
Publisher | Dictionary of Literary Biograp |
Total Pages | 504 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Essays on American western writers of the nineteenth century. Many of these writers defy easy categorization, as some were soldiers, journalists, poets, fiction writers, naturalists and historians as well as artists. Conspicuous in their absence are dramatists. Discusses the many styles employed by the authors, including historical, scientific, military, realistic, naturalistic, powerful and humorous.