Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America
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Book Description
The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age of American storytelling. Mailboxes burgeoned with pulp magazines, conveying an endless variety of fiction. Comic strips, with their ongoing dramatic storylines, were a staple of the papers, eagerly followed by millions of readers. Families gathered around the radio, anxious to hear the exploits of their favorite heroes and villains. Before the emergence of television as a dominant—and stifling—cultural force, storytelling blossomed in America as audiences and artists alike embraced new mediums of expression.
This examination of storytelling in America during the first half of the twentieth century covers comics, radio, and pulp magazines. Each was bolstered by new or improved technologies and used unique attributes to tell dramatic stories. Sections of the book cover each medium. One appendix gives a timeline for developments relative to the subject, and another highlights particular episodes and story arcs that typify radio drama. Illustrations and a bibliography are included.
About the Author
Tim DeForest lives in Sarasota, Florida, and is the circulation manager of the library at the Ringling School of Art and Design. His previously published articles cover a variety of subjects, from military history to the Wild West.
Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America,Tim Deforest,McFarland & Company,0786419024,General,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Mass Communication Media And Society,Mass media,Mass media and technology,Media Studies,Performing Arts/Dance,Popular American Fiction,Social Science,Sociology,Storytelling in mass media,United States,History,Mass Media - General,Performing Arts,Popular Culture - General,Radio - History & Criticism,United States - 20th Century
Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America
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