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Anderson, Vicki. The Dime Novel in Children’s Literature. Jefferson, London: McFarland, 2005. Added by: joachim (11/26/09, 10:45 AM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-0-7864-1843-5 BibTeX citation key: Anderson2005a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Children’s and young adults’ comics, Early forms of comics, Randformen des Comics Creators: Anderson Publisher: McFarland (Jefferson, London) |
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With their rakish characters, sensationalist plots, improbable adventures and objectionable language (like swell and golly), dime novels in their heyday were widely considered a threat to the morals of impressionable youth. Roundly criticized by church leaders and educators of the time, these short, quick-moving, pocket-sized publications were also, inevitably, wildly popular with readers of all ages. This work looks at the evolution of the dime novel and at the authors, publishers, illustrators, and subject matter of the genre. Also discussed are related types of children’s literature, such as story papers, chapbooks, broadsides, serial books, pulp magazines, comic books and today’s paperback books. The author shows how these works reveal much about early American life and thought and how they reflect cultural nationalism through their ideological teachings in personal morality and ethics, humanitarian reform and political thought. Overall, this book is a thoughtful consideration of the dime novel’s contribution to the genre of children’s literature. Eight appendices provide a wealth of information, offering an annotated bibliography of dime novels and listing series books, story paper periodicals, characters, authors and their pseudonyms, and more. A reference section, index and illustrations are all included. Table of Contents Introduction 1 Short History 7 Broadsides 19 Chapbooks 24 Street Cries 36 Hornbooks and Battledores 41 Toy Books 46 Penny Dreadfuls 53 Dime Novels 61 Series Books 126 Story Papers 132 Comics 145 Big Little Books 151 Pulp Fiction 156 Conclusion 161 Appendices A. Chronology of the Dime Novel and Related Works, 1860–1902 167 B. Annotated Bibliography of Dime Novels 170 C. List of Series Books 193 D. Periodicals (Story Papers) 219 E. Children’s Literature Year by Year: A Chronological List of Significant Publications 222 F. List of Pseudonym 241 G. List of Character Names 242 H. Biographical Dictionary 247 References 257 Index 263 Added by: joachim |