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This book examines the historical context and literary significance of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks. It explores popular characters and themes, analyzing them as literary artifacts and symbols. The book provides a unique study of the evolution and importance of these forms of popular culture.
Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes illuminates the significance of dime novels, series books, and paperbacks by exploring their historical backgrounds and analyzing their texts. Popular heroes and mysterious heroines abound as they are subjected to the scholar's eye and explored as literary artifact, symbol, and myth. The result is a one-of-a-kind study of the evolutionary development and importance of these three forms of popular culture.
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