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[[File:Cover of one of the most popular pulp fiction magazines, Black Mask..jpg|thumb|Cover of one of the most popular pulp fiction magazines, Black Mask.<ref>Pagourgis. "What is Pulp Fiction?" ''A Melting Pot of Mayhem'', 20 May 2019, www.americanpulps.com/what-is-pulp-fiction.</ref>]] | [[File:Cover of one of the most popular pulp fiction magazines, Black Mask..jpg|thumb|Cover of one of the most popular pulp fiction magazines, Black Mask.<ref>Pagourgis. "What is Pulp Fiction?" ''A Melting Pot of Mayhem'', 20 May 2019, www.americanpulps.com/what-is-pulp-fiction.</ref>]] | ||
Pulp fiction is defined as a cheaply made magazines or novels made of cheap, wood-pulp-like material.<ref>Robinson, C. Solveig. ''The Book In Society: An Introduction to Print Culture''. Broadview Press, 2014, pg. 124.</ref> These stories ranged in genres such as Westerns, Science Fiction, Romance, and detective stories, which were popular genres around the time that pulp magazines were popular.<ref>"pulp fiction." Oxford Reference. . . Date of access 20 Sep. 2025, <<nowiki>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100354415</nowiki>></ref> These stories were about imaginary characters and events and produced in large quantities, intended to be read by many people, though not very good in quality.<ref>"pulp fiction, ''noun.''" ''Cambridge Dictionary''. www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pulp-fiction. Accessed 20 September 2025.</ref> | Pulp fiction is defined as a cheaply made magazines or novels made of cheap, wood-pulp-like material.<ref>Robinson, C. Solveig. ''The Book In Society: An Introduction to Print Culture''. Broadview Press, 2014, pg. 124.</ref> These stories ranged in genres such as Westerns, Science Fiction, Romance, and detective stories, which were popular genres around the time that pulp magazines were popular.<ref>"pulp fiction." Oxford Reference. . . Date of access 20 Sep. 2025, <<nowiki>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100354415</nowiki>></ref> These stories were about imaginary characters and events and produced in large quantities, intended to be read by many people, though not very good in quality.<ref>"pulp fiction, ''noun.''" ''Cambridge Dictionary''. www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pulp-fiction. Accessed 20 September 2025.</ref> | ||
=== Pulp History === | |||
Pulp novels were magazine-like books being produced in mass numbers in the lates 1930s and early 1960s that were created during the paperback revolution. The idea of pulp novels were revolutionary. Novels that were originally for the elite and high-class could be repackaged for ordinary folk by being packaged as cheap paperbacks. These types of paperbacks travelled far beyond its audience of readers to people who needed quick entertainment and had a quarter to spare. | |||
Pulp novels did not exist without criticism, however. At the end of the paperback, pulp novels got critique for their signature alluring covers. However, this only helped the pulp market industry. The pulp novel companies took the scandal around the existence of novels and marketed it towards people who wanted a scandalous novel by putting on the cover "Not for Sale in the State of New York." By the end of the pulp era, it became a tool for the collaboration of politics, culture, and high art all in one flimsy piece of binded paper. <ref>Rabinowitz, Paula. ''American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street''. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014, pg 23-27.</ref> | |||
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Definition
Pulp fiction is defined as a cheaply made magazines or novels made of cheap, wood-pulp-like material.[2] These stories ranged in genres such as Westerns, Science Fiction, Romance, and detective stories, which were popular genres around the time that pulp magazines were popular.[3] These stories were about imaginary characters and events and produced in large quantities, intended to be read by many people, though not very good in quality.[4]
Pulp History
Pulp novels were magazine-like books being produced in mass numbers in the lates 1930s and early 1960s that were created during the paperback revolution. The idea of pulp novels were revolutionary. Novels that were originally for the elite and high-class could be repackaged for ordinary folk by being packaged as cheap paperbacks. These types of paperbacks travelled far beyond its audience of readers to people who needed quick entertainment and had a quarter to spare.
Pulp novels did not exist without criticism, however. At the end of the paperback, pulp novels got critique for their signature alluring covers. However, this only helped the pulp market industry. The pulp novel companies took the scandal around the existence of novels and marketed it towards people who wanted a scandalous novel by putting on the cover "Not for Sale in the State of New York." By the end of the pulp era, it became a tool for the collaboration of politics, culture, and high art all in one flimsy piece of binded paper. [5]
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Citations
- ↑ Pagourgis. "What is Pulp Fiction?" A Melting Pot of Mayhem, 20 May 2019, www.americanpulps.com/what-is-pulp-fiction.
- ↑ Robinson, C. Solveig. The Book In Society: An Introduction to Print Culture. Broadview Press, 2014, pg. 124.
- ↑ "pulp fiction." Oxford Reference. . . Date of access 20 Sep. 2025, <https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100354415>
- ↑ "pulp fiction, noun." Cambridge Dictionary. www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pulp-fiction. Accessed 20 September 2025.
- ↑ Rabinowitz, Paula. American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014, pg 23-27.
