A History of Sensationalist Literature, 1830-1960
by
Jeremy Agnew
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica—often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than...