English and American Literature in Library Special Collections

Popular Literature and Printed Materials. Reading matter that reflects popular culture and the history and marketing of printing has been ... SkiptoMainContent AskaLibrarian UCLALibraryResearchGuidesLibrarySpecialCollectionsEnglishandAmericanLiteratureinLibrarySpecialCollectionsPopularLiteratureandPrintedMaterials SearchthisGuide EnglishandAmericanLiteratureinLibrarySpecialCollections HomeNineteenth-CenturyLiteratureTwentieth-CenturyLiteraturePopularLiteratureandPrintedMaterials OnlineArchiveofCalifornia(OAC) KeywordsearchforprimarysourcematerialsinUCLA'sonlinefindingaids:   PopularLiteratureandPrintedMaterials Readingmatterthatreflectspopularcultureandthehistoryandmarketingofprintinghasbeencollected. Resourcesandsearchstrategies ThereisacollectionofTauchnitzEditions,thefirstpaperbackline,whichwassoldatEuropeanrailroadstations,followedbyyellowbackthrillers,dimenovels,pulpmagazines,andthepaperback.Thereisalsoa collectionofLittleBlueBookspublishedbyHaldeman-Julius(ca.1929-40). Pulpmagazinecollectionsrepresentmostpopulargenres:detective,mystery,romance,sciencefiction,andwestern.ExamplesoflongerrunsincludeBlackMask,DimeDetectiveMagazine,WeirdTales,andWildWestMagazine.AlsonoteworthyistheNitkaCollectionofFantasyandScienceFiction,RayBradbury,MarionZimmerBradley, andacollectionoffirstissuesofcomicbooks.ThereareAmericanpaperbacknovelsfrom1880todateandbooksandpapersofwriters,HoraceMcCoyandJimThompsontonametwo,whowereoftenapprenticedinpulpmagazinesandpublishedinpaperback. MysterynovelistsRaymondChandler,JimThompson,andMichaelNava. WesternnovelistsMaxBrand,HenryAllen,andAlanLemay Action/adventurenovelistDonaldHamilton ANewandCompleteCollectionofInterestingRomancesandNovels - Trueandperfectlove,byAthenagoras.--Almahida;ofthequeeninbondage,byMademoiselledeScudery.--AdventuresofPrinceAbdulselamandPrincessChelnissa.--HistoryoftheamoursofEurialusandLucretia,byAeneasSylviusPiccolomini.--Larissa,byTheophilusViaut.--Historical romance.--HistoryofClarisandLaris.--HistoryofTristan.--Caramanta,byMadamedeVilledieu.--Secrethistoryandloveadventuresoftheladiesofantiquity,viz.:Iö;Dio;Cybele;Venus.--Passing-fair,byMademoiselledelaForce.--HistoryofCatharineofBraganza.--Denisa. BettyRosenbergCollectionofGenreLiteratureincludesawidevarietyofgenres OtherpopularliteratureincludesAmericanalmanacs(ca.1730-1880),Englishchapbooks(ca.1775-1850),Americanhymnals(ca.1760-1870),EnglishandAmericanbroadsideballads(ca.1780-1980),andAmericansongsters(ca.1820-1900),withanemphasisonCalifornia. <