From the Penny Dreadful to the Ha'penny Dreadfuller: A Bibliographic History of the British Boys' Periodical 1762-1950
This is not an introductory book on penny dreadfulls or penny bloods. It is a thick history...
This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. Beginning with educational and religious magazines, it follows the trail through the violent and sensational 'penny blood' which thrived between around 1830 and 1870, to early attempts to entertain as well as educate boys through monthly magazines, and the ground - breaking weekly story papers and 'penny dreadfuls' of Edwin J. Brett, beginning with Boys of England in 1866, and his rivalry with the Emmett brothers and other publishers. It also looks at cheap periodical publishing for boys in America, before exploring the introduction of more 'respectable' periodicals such as the Boy's Own Paper and Chums, and the attempts of a young Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe and founder of the Amalgamated Press, to usurp the 'penny dreadful' by producing the 'ha'penny dreadfuller'. Finally, it charts the progress of the story paper through the first half of the 20th century, before it gave way to comics, imported American magazines, and television. It concludes with a comprehensive checklist, giving publication details...
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This is not an introductory book on penny dreadfulls or penny bloods. It is a thick history of the publishers of British boy's magazines and story papers, which also includes sidetrips to other British story papers and USA story papers. The book is so inclusive, that he includes religious papers for boys as well as the more dreadful...
