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DeForest, Tim. Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America. Jefferson, London: McFarland, 2004. Added by: joachim (11/26/09, 10:50 AM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-0-7864-1902-9 BibTeX citation key: DeForest2004 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Adaptation, Adventure comics, Intermediality, Materiality, Radio Creators: DeForest Publisher: McFarland (Jefferson, London) |
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The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age of American storytelling. Mailboxes burgeoned with pulp magazines, conveying an endless variety of fiction. Comic strips, with their ongoing dramatic storylines, were a staple of the papers, eagerly followed by millions of readers. Families gathered around the radio, anxious to hear the exploits of their favorite heroes and villains. Before the emergence of television as a dominant—and stifling—cultural force, storytelling blossomed in America as audiences and artists alike embraced new mediums of expression. This examination of storytelling in America during the first half of the twentieth century covers comics, radio, and pulp magazines. Each was bolstered by new or improved technologies and used unique attributes to tell dramatic stories. Sections of the book cover each medium. One appendix gives a timeline for developments relative to the subject, and another highlights particular episodes and story arcs that typify radio drama. Illustrations and a bibliography are included. Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 3 PART I: THE PULPS 11 1. Story Papers 13 2. Dime Novels 15 3. Birth of the Pulps 26 4. The Western and Max Brand 30 5. Adventure: Pirates, Gladiators and Sudden Death for the Discerning Reader 37 6. Weird Tales: Things That Bump into You in the Night 44 7. The Hard-Boiled Detective 56 8. Amazing, Astounding Science Fiction 64 9. Edgar Rice Burroughs: Ape Men, Dinosaurs and Martians 77 10. Unpleasant Interlude 89 11. Shadows, Spiders and Flying Aces: The Single-Character Pulps 92 12. The Death of the Pulps 108 PART II: ADVENTURE COMIC STRIPS 109 13. The Early Years 111 14. Wash Tubbs: An Unlikely Adventurer 115 15. Dick Tracy: Cops in the Comics 122 16. From the Jungle to the Round Table 128 17. Milt Caniff: Fighter Pilots, Pretty Girls and the Dragon Lady 140 18. Assigning Blame 146 PART III: RADIO DRAMA AND ADVENTURE 148 19. Thundering Hoofbeats and Silver Bullets 150 20. As Inevitable as a Guilty Conscience: The Shadow on Radio 157 21. Orson Welles: Master Storyteller 162 22. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: Superman 168 23. Frights for Smart People: Horror on Radio 173 24. Tired of the Everyday Routine? Suspense, Escape, Carlton Morse and The Scarlet Queen 178 25. Dramatizing Reality: Dragnet 189 26. The Law in Dodge City: Gunsmoke 193 27. From the Far Horizons: Science Fiction on Radio 197 28. The End of Radio 201 Appendix I: Timeline 205 Appendix II: Radio Favorites 208 Notes 213 Bibliography 221 Index 225 Added by: joachim |