Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers, 1797–1830
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Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers, 1797–1830

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers, 1797–1830

About this book

This study breaks new ground surveying the origins of the Gothic chapbook, its publishers and authors, in order to establish conclusively the impact these pamphlets had on the development of the Gothic genre. Considered the illegitimate offspring of the Gothic novel, the lowly chapbook flooded the market in the late eighteenth century, creating a separate and distinct secondary market for tales of terror. The trade was driven by a handful of individuals who were booksellers and dealers, circulating library proprietors, stationers, and small publishers – what they produced were more than four hundred chapbooks, bluebooks and shilling shockers containing Gothic tales from magazines, redactions of popular novels, extractions of entire inset tales, and original tales of terror. This book responds to the urgent and pressing need to contextualise the Gothic chapbook in ascertaining a more concise and comprehensive view of the entire Gothic genre.

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Yes, you can access Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers, 1797–1830 by Franz J. Potter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Early Modern History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781786836700
eBook ISBN
9781786836724
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Early Modern History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. List of Figures
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers
  10. 2 The Rise of the Gothic Chapbook: Simon Fisher, Thomas Hurst and The Monk, 1797–1801
  11. 3 The Art of Marketing: Ann Lemoine and John Roe
  12. 4 The Golden Age of the Shilling Shocker: Thomas Tegg and the Chapbook Magazines
  13. 5 The Profiteers: Isaac Crookenden and Sarah Wilkinson
  14. 6 The Decline of the Gothic Pamphlet
  15. Notes
  16. Appendix: Gothic Pamphlets
  17. Bibliography