Author: Robert Sampson Publisher: Popular Press ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 242
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In this fifth volume of the Yesterday's Faces series, Robert Sampson has selected a host of series characters who adventured throughout the world in the 1903-1930 pulps. Sparkling brightly among these characters are Terence O'Rourke, Captain Blood, and the ferocious Hurricane Williams. More characters include Peter the Brazen, in China, Sanders of the River, in Africa--and much, much more.
Author: Robert Sampson Publisher: Popular Press ISBN: 9780879725143 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 228
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In this fifth volume of the Yesterday's Faces series, Robert Sampson has selected a host of series characters who adventured throughout the world in the 1903-1930 pulps. Sparkling brightly among these characters are Terence O'Rourke, Captain Blood, and the ferocious Hurricane Williams. More characters include Peter the Brazen, in China, Sanders of the River, in Africa--and much, much more.
Author: Robert Sampson Publisher: Popular Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 330
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Adventure, suspense, above all violence--these filled the lives of the characters brightening the pulp magazines. From the early 1900s to the 1950s, these magazines of popular fiction offered hard-paced entertainment and high wonder. In "Violent Lives" Robert Sampson calls up a vivid selection of adventurers, spies, and warriors.
Author: H.P. Lovecraft Publisher: Caliber Comics ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 151
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Contained within are the H.P. Lovecraft tales originally known as Grewsome Tales and later dubbed Herbert West - Reanimator are presented here in newly edited versions. In addition, award winning writer Steven Philip Jones provides an all new Reanimator tale plus the script for the audio version of From the Dark. As a bonus, an essay written by Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature is presented in this collection. A must gift for any H.P. Lovecraft fan or collector.
Author: Nathan Vernon Madison Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 078647095X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 241
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In this thorough history, the author demonstrates, via the popular literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic books) of the 1920s to about 1960, that the stories therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before World War I but intensified afterwards. These depictions were transferred to America's "new" enemies, both following U.S. entry into the Second World War and during the early stages of the Cold War. Anti-foreign narratives showed a growing emphasis on ideological, as opposed to racial or ethnic, differences--and early signs of the coming "multiculturalism"--indicating that pure racism was not the sole reason for nativist rhetoric in popular literature. The process of change in America's nativist sentiments, so virulent after the First World War, are revealed by the popular, inexpensive escapism of the time, pulp magazines and comic books.
Author: Steven Philip Jones Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786478969 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 289
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The author of more than 50 books--125 million copies in print--Clive Cussler is the current grandmaster of adventure literature. Dirk Pitt, the sea-loving protagonist of 22 of Cussler's novels, remains among the most popular and influential adventure series heroes of the past half-century. This first critical review of Cussler's work features an overview of Pitt and the supporting characters and other heroes, an examination of Cussler's themes and influences, a review of his most important adventures, such as Raise the Titanic! and Iceberg, and a look at adaptations of his work in other media. Cussler joins the pantheon of such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming, and this overdue volume demonstrates that beneath Cussler's immense popularity lies a literary depth that well merits scholarly attention.
Author: Gary Hoppenstand Publisher: Longman Publishing Group ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 804
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This unique anthology offers the best of popular fiction - 45 short stories and one short novel - that highlight the major genres of popular writing including: horror, fiction, romance, science fiction, detective stories and adventure. Supporting this definitive collection of stories are ten non fiction essays written by well-known authors discussing some of the key elements for writing in each genre.
Author: Gary Hoppenstand Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476670552 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 184
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Adventure fiction is one of the easiest narrative forms to recognize but one of the hardest to define because of its overlap with many other genres. This collection of essays attempts to characterize adventure fiction through the exploration of key elements--such as larger-than-life characters and imperialistic ideas--in the genre's 19th- and 20th-century British and American works like The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy and Captain Blood by Sabatini. The author explores the cultural and literary impact of such works, presenting forgotten classics in a new light.
Author: Robert Sampson
Author: Robert Sampson
Author: Robert Sampson
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Author: Nathan Vernon Madison
Author: Steven Philip Jones
Author: Gary Hoppenstand
Author: Gary Hoppenstand
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