The pulp magazines dealt in fiction that was, by reason of the audience and the medium, heightened beyond normal experience. The drama was intense, the colors vivid, and the pace exhausting. The characters moving through these prose dreams were heightened, too. Most were cast in a quasi-heroic mold and moved on elevated planes of accomplishment. This book and its companion volumes are concerned with the slow shaping of many literary conventions over many decades. This volume begins the study with the dime novels and ...
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The pulp magazines dealt in fiction that was, by reason of the audience and the medium, heightened beyond normal experience. The drama was intense, the colors vivid, and the pace exhausting. The characters moving through these prose dreams were heightened, too. Most were cast in a quasi-heroic mold and moved on elevated planes of accomplishment. This book and its companion volumes are concerned with the slow shaping of many literary conventions over many decades. This volume begins the study with the dime novels and several early series characters who influenced the direction of pulp fiction at its source.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Bowling Green University Popular Press; Bowling Green, 1983. Hardcover. Signed by author directly on rectangular sticker affirmed to half title page. Volume 1 Only. A Very Good, red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of rubbing along board edges, some age toning to pages, scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, small tear top front panel edge, mild scattered foxing to verso panels/flaps, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked but signed copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 270pp., notes, bibliography, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
