Thieves' Literature

Thieves' Literature Three Centuries of Penny Dreadfuls, Sensational Literature and Popular Melodrama

Hardback (28 Jun 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This well illustrated book is a popular history of the symbiotic relationships between cheap serial fiction, criminal accounts, popular advertising and cheap melodrama. It traces the origins of the 'penny dreadful' to criminal literature, beginning from 1605.

Book information

ISBN: 9781911454687
Publisher: Edward Everett Root Publishers
Imprint: Edward Everett Root
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.0873809
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English