Sensationalist literature and popular culture in the early American republic
Subtitle: an anthology of exotic nonfiction, wonder tales, and whoppers
By: compiled and edited by Edward W.R. Pitcher and D. Sean Hartigan.
Contributors: Pitcher, Edward W. R.; Hartigan, D. Sean.
Series: Studies in British and American magazines ;; v. 10
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: American literature -- 1783-1850.; American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.; Sensationalism in literature -- Sources.; Popular literature -- United States.; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Description: "Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of 'taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, especially in the years 1780-1810.".

"The Main headings in the book are: Courting Credulity; Ghosts, Apparitions, Tall Tales; Crimes and Confessions; Extraordinary Masculinities; Evites, Amazons, and Fabulous Females; Fantastic and Harrowing Voyages; Exotic Lands and Strange Customs; Marvels of Science and Medicine; Marvellous Animals, Creatures, and Beasts; and Sensational Journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400).