From the penny dreadful to the ha'penny dreadfuller : a bibliographic history of the boys' periodical in Britain 1762-1950 / Robert J. Kirkpatrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkpatrick, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's periodicals, English--Bibliography.

Children's periodicals, English.

Penny dreadfuls--Bibliography.

Penny dreadfuls.

Boys in literature--Bibliography.

Boys in literature.

School children in literature--Bibliography.

School children in literature.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2013.

Summary:

This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. Beginning with educational and religious magazines, it follows the trail through the violent and sensational 'penny blood' which thrived between around 1830 and 1870, to early attempts to entertain as well as educate boys through monthly magazines, and the ground - breaking weekly story papers and 'penny dreadfuls' of Edwin J. Brett, beginning with 'Boys of England' in 1866, and his rivalry with the Emmett brothers and other publishers. It also looks at cheap periodical publishing for boys in America, before exploring the introduction of more 'respectable' periodicals such as the 'Boy's Own Paper' and 'Chums', and the attempts of a young Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe and founder of the Amalgamated Press, to usurp the 'penny dreadful' by producing the 'ha'penny dreadfuller'. Also published by Oak Knoll Press, USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 544-551) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780712309547

0712309543

9781584563181

1584563184

OCLC:

864910780