The Popular Press Companion to Popular LiteratureIn this pioneering work Victor Neuberg has assembled a wealth of information about popular literature, from the invention of the printing press to the present. This guide, by judicious selection, gives a vivid picture of the range and variety of popular literature and its producers. Besides describing the main genres, the author has also included the social, cultural and commercial background to the production of popular literature, factors that were crucial in influencing the forms it took. |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 13 |
Section 5 | 21 |
Section 6 | 24 |
Section 7 | 44 |
Section 8 | 53 |
Section 15 | 103 |
Section 16 | 117 |
Section 17 | 120 |
Section 18 | 135 |
Section 19 | 141 |
Section 20 | 144 |
Section 21 | 160 |
Section 22 | 173 |
Section 9 | 57 |
Section 10 | 67 |
Section 11 | 74 |
Section 12 | 87 |
Section 13 | 90 |
Section 14 | 95 |
Section 23 | 186 |
Section 24 | 193 |
Section 25 | 195 |
Section 26 | 205 |
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