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Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks Hardcover - 1996
by Larry E. Sullivan; Lydia C. Schurman
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It is not unknown to find counterfeiting and even murder springing from bad reading. . . .
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- Title Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks
- Author Larry E. Sullivan; Lydia C. Schurman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, New York
- Date November 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780789000163 / 0789000164
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 6.13 x 1.04 in (21.59 x 15.57 x 2.64 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects American fiction - 19th century - History, American fiction - 20th century - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96044437
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.409
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Hardback. New. Despite efforts of contemporary reformers to curb the availability of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks, Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes reveals how many readers used them as means of resistance and how fictional characters became models for self-empowerment. These literary genres, whose value has long been underestimated, provide fascinating insight into the formation of American popular culture and identity. Through these mass-produced, widely read books, Deadwood Dick, Old Sleuth, and Jessie James became popular heroes that fed the public's imagination for the last western frontier, detective tales, and the myth of the outlaw. Women, particularly those who were poor and endured hard lives, used the literature as means of escape from the social, economic, and cultural suppression they experienced in the nineteenth century. In addition to the insight this book provides into texts such as "The Bride of the Tomb," the Nick Carter Series, and…
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Haworth Pr Inc, 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 306 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.
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