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- Novels written for the mass market, intended to be "a good read,"--often exciting, titillating, thrilling. Historically they have been very popular but critically sneered at as being of sub-literary quality. The earliest ones were the dime novels of the nineteenth century, printed on newsprint (hence "pulp" fiction) and sold for ten cents. Westerns, stories of adventure, even the Horatio Alger novels, all were forms of pulp fiction. Robert Harris - VirtualSalt
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- At five to twenty-five cents an issue, pulp fiction was a literature accessible to Americans at every income level—often sold at newsstands and drugstores. Until the mid-1950s, pulp fiction was the literature of choice for the reading public, before it was supplanted by comic books and paperbacks. - The Library of Congress-American Memory by
- The pulp fiction era provided a breeding ground for creative talent which would influence all forms of entertainment for decades to come. The hardboiled detective and science fiction genres were created by the freedom that the pulp fiction magazines provided. - Vintage New Media, inc. by
- Pulp fiction was a great avenue to escape the mundane and escape into a world of gangsters and good guys, cowboys and cattlemen, spaceships and star travelers. For a thin dime one could read from the pens of some of the best writers of the era: the era of pulp fiction. - Robert Wheadon by
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- Popüler edebiyat, edebiyat okur alanının alta doğru genişlemesine yol açan ve/veya bu alanın açılmasıyla birlikte beliren, genel vasatın beklentilerine/isterlerine cevap verir biçimde kendisini üreten, tüketim mantığına dayalı, edebi metni tüketilebilen bir nesne konumuna indirgeyen modern bir olgu. C.Aktaş,Bilim&Aklın Aydınlığında E - by Özden Arıkan
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- Okuyucu açısından bakıldığında geçmiş yüzyılda popüler romanın müşterileri, daha ziyade az veya çok okur-yazar olan, öğrenim seviyesi yüksek olmayan, kenar mahalle kahve müdavimleri, kasaba memurları belki daha da önemlisi ev kadınları olmuştur. - Orhan Okay, Edebiyat Okyanus by Özden Arıkan
- Popüler edebiyat dediğimiz şey, yani bugün yığınların önünde kuyruk oluşturduğu kitaplar, hayatı ‘oya’lamak gibi ‘ağır’ bir havayı kaldıramayanların, hayatta oyalanmak gibi hafif havalara kaçanların oyuncaklarıdır. - Nihat Dağlı, Yağmur Dergisi by Özden Arıkan
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- Kiosklitteratur eller underholdningslitteratur, også kalt trival- og populærlitteratur , selges flere steder som serieromaner, ukeblader og annet lesestoff, spesielt i kiosker. Det er en form for lettlest litteratur som er skrevet for å underholde og beregnet på et stort publikum. wikipedia - by Per Bergvall
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- Kvinner som leser kiosklitteratur leser mer enn kvinner som leser bibliotekbøker, viser en norsk studie. - Forskning.no by Per Bergvall
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