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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Dime Novels Summary
829 words, approx. 3 pages A popular form of literary entertainment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dime novels were works of sensational fiction published in paper-covered booklets, issued at regular intervals, and priced at five to ten cents. Profitable... summary from source:
 Dime novel Information
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Dime novel, though it has a specific meaning, has also became a catch-all term for several different (but related) forms of late 19th century and early 20th century U.S. popular fiction, including “true” dime novels, story papers, five and ten cent... 
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 Denver Rocky Mountain News Dime Novels To Dollars: Pulp For A New Age
09/10/2004: 337 words, approx. 1 pages Patti Thorn, Rocky Mountain News books editor Denver Rocky Mountain News 09-10-2004 DIME NOVELS TO DOLLARS: PULP FOR A NEW AGE In the old days, if you liked your stories simple but sizzling, you'd plunk down a dime for a pulp novel. Printed... summary from source:
American Studies International J. Randolph Cox, The Dime Novel Companion: a Source Book.
06/01/2002: 582 words, approx. 2 pages (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000), xxx + 333 pp., $79.50 (cloth). "Bang! Ping! A bullet whistled by my left ear. Bang! Ping! Thud! Another whistled by my right ear, clipping a lock of hair, and burying itself in the stalk of the heavy... summary from source:
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6/2/2007: 465 words, approx. 2 pagesAn 1878 billboard promoting a "Buffalo Bill" Cody stage show has been restored, five years after it was discovered beneath the crumbling brick facade of a former hotel.The 24-by-10-foot paper billboard had been pasted to an unfinished exterior wall of the hotel during construction 129...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Michael Denning
11,344 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Denning argues that dime novels constituted the primary reading material of the working class and that the books were specifically created by the middle class for workers.
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Critical Essay by Christine Bold
8,453 words, approx. 28 pages
In the essay below, Bold examines the role of dime novels, pulp fiction, and the commodification of literature in transforming views about the West.
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Critical Essay by Gregory M. Pfitzer
7,752 words, approx. 26 pages
In the essay below, Pfitzer argues that Twain transformed the formulaic components of dime novels into a masterpiece of literature.
Featured Essays
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