American Pulp
An edition of American Pulp (2014)
How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street
By Paula Rabinowitz
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
eng
Pages
408
Description:
American Pulp tells the story of the midcentury golden age of pulp paperbacks and how they brought modernism to Main Street, democratized literature and ideas, spurred social mobility, and helped readers fashion new identities. Drawing on extensive original research, Paula Rabinowitz unearths the far-reaching political, social, and aesthetic impact of the pulps between the late 1930s and early 1960s.