The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book

The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book
ISBN-10
0313256748
ISBN-13
9780313256745
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
333
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
J. Randolph Cox

Description

This encyclopedic guide to the American dime novel contains over 1,200 entries on serial publications, major writers and editors, publishers, and major characters, fiction genres, themes, and locales. An introduction provides a brief history of the dime novel. A discussion of dime novel scholarship includes a selected directory of libraries and museums with significant collections of dime novels. An appendix contains a publishing chronology of the more than 300 serial publications, and a selected bibliography suggests further reading. This comprehensive reference will appeal to popular culture scholars and to dime novel collectors. As an important research tool, entries are cross-referenced throughout. An index is included.

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