American pulp : how paperbacks brought modernism to Main Street / Paula Rabinowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinowitz, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paperbacks--United States--History.

Paperbacks.

Pulp literature, American--History.

Pulp literature, American.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 390 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Summary:

American Pulp tells the story of the midcentury golden age of pulp paperbacks and how they brought modernism to Main Street, democratized literature and ideas, spurred social mobility, and helped readers fashion new identities. Drawing on extensive original research, Paula Rabinowitz unearths the far-reaching political, social, and aesthetic impact of the pulps between the late 1930s and early 1960s.

Contents:

1 Pulp: Biography of an American Object 1

2 Pulp as Interface 40

3 Richard Wright's Savage Holiday: True Crime and 12 Million Black Voices 82

4 Isak Dinesen Gets Drafted: Pulp, the Armed Services Editions, and GI Reading 109

5 Pulping Ann Petry: The Case of Country Place 131

6 Senor Borges Wins! Ellery Queen's Garden 159

7 Slips of the Tongue: Uncovering Lesbian Pulp 184

8 Sci-Unfl: Bombs, Ovens, Delinquents, and More 209

9 Demotic Ulysses: Policing Paperbacks in the Courts and Congress 244.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691150605

9780691150604

OCLC:

877364320