From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'Penny Dreadfuller

Je recopie ici un message reçu sur la liste "Blood & Dime Novels" :

Citation :

Can I crave your indulgence and promote a new book - "FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFULLER - A BIBLIOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE BOYS' PERIODICAL IN BRITAIN 1762-1950", and has just been published by the British Library in the UK and Oak Knoll Press in the USA.

I think it's true to say that it's the first time the full history of the British boys' periodical has been told. It's very long - 576 pages - and well-illustrated, with around 100 black & white illustrations in the text plus a 16 page spread of colour plates. To give you a full picture of its scope, this is the contents page:

Introduction
1. From Virtue to Villainy - Early Juvenile Periodicals and Penny Bloods
2. Instructing the Middle Classes - Periodicals for Boys, 1800-1870
3. The Story Paper Defined - Edwin J. Brett
4. Bitter Rivalry - The Emmett Brothers and Charles Fox
5. Friendly Rivalry - Ralph Rollington, Guy Rayner and William Lucas
6. From Plagiarism to Pulps - American Story Papers, the Dime Novel, and the Aldine Publishing Company
7. Usurping the Dreadful - Early Counterattacks, the "Boys' Own Paper", "Young England" and "Chums"
8. Fishing for Scraps - Other Publishers and Boys' Papers, 1870-1900
9. Top of the Form - Public School Periodicals, George Newnes and the "Captain"
10. Cheap as "Chips" - Alfred Harmsworth and the Amalgamated Press
11. Monopoly Denied - Harmsworth's Competitors and Other Boys' Papers, 1900-1950
Conclusion
Afterword
Appendix 1 - Alphabetical Checklist of Boys' Periodicals 1762-1950
Appendix 2 - Chronology of Boys' Periodicals 1762-1950
Appendix 3 - Checklist of Juvenile Periodicals 1751-1900
Bibliography
Index of titles
Index of names

The checklist gives publication details of around 600 titles - far more than has ever been listed in the past.

There's a lot of new information, about authors, editors and publishers, and about the periodicals themselves, which has never been published before, or which has been published but has had a limited audience.

Oh, I suppose I should point out that I am, dear reader, the author.

Robert Kirkpatrick

et le lien vers la boutique de la British Library :
http://shop.bl.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/BritishLibrary/_ISBN_9780712309547/89198/From-the-Penny-Dreadful-to-the-Ha'Penny-Dreadfuller

il est toujours noté "out of stock", mais je pense que c'est dû au fait qu'il est annoncé pour le 25 avril 2013 et le site de la BL pas mis à jour.

Ceux qui veulent passer par un site de VPC bien connu commençant par A et finissant par n ( pas trop en odeur de sainteté ces temps-ci ) n'ont pas de frais de port à payer.