Sensationalist literature and popular culture in the early American republic
an anthology of exotic nonfiction, wonder tales, and whoppers
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Author
Contributions
- Pitcher, Edward W. R. - Contributor
- Hartigan, D. Sean. - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
100,000 words, Guess
Page Count
400 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6788892M
- ISBN-100773475729
- OCLC Control Number505614512
- OCLC Control Number45094177
- Library of Congress Control Number00048064
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- Goodreads3955243
Classifications
- DDC810.9/002
- LCCPS531 .S45 2000
Description
"Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of 'taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, especially in the years 1780-1810.". "The Main headings in the book are: Courting Credulity; Ghosts, Apparitions, Tall Tales; Crimes and Confessions; Extraordinary Masculinities; Evites, Amazons, and Fabulous Females; Fantastic and Harrowing Voyages; Exotic Lands and Strange Customs; Marvels of Science and Medicine; Marvellous Animals, Creatures, and Beasts; and Sensational Journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Studies in British and American magazines ;
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- Sensationalist literature and popular culture in the early American republic: an anthology of exotic nonfiction, wonder tales, and whoppers
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