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| + | :Originally, the term ''[[pulp]]'' denoted cheap paper, first produced in the 1850s. Since then, it has also acquired the meaning of ''cheap'' literature: a host of maligned literary genres that probably begins with [[chivalric romance]]s, then moves to [[dime novel]]s and [[men's magazines]]. [Apr 2006] | ||
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| + | '''Pulp magazines''' (or '''pulp fiction'''; often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive [[fiction]] magazines. They were widely published from the [[1920s]] through the [[1950s]]. The term ''pulp fiction'' can also refer to [[mass market paperback]]s since the [[1950s]]. | ||
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| *[[Pulp fiction]], fiction as written by [[hack writer]]s | *[[Pulp fiction]], fiction as written by [[hack writer]]s | ||
| *[[Pulp magazine]] or pulp fiction, inexpensive fiction magazines published from the 1920s through the 1950s, or paperbacks from the 1950s onwards | *[[Pulp magazine]] or pulp fiction, inexpensive fiction magazines published from the 1920s through the 1950s, or paperbacks from the 1950s onwards | ||
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- Originally, the term pulp denoted cheap paper, first produced in the 1850s. Since then, it has also acquired the meaning of cheap literature: a host of maligned literary genres that probably begins with chivalric romances, then moves to dime novels and men's magazines. [Apr 2006]
Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines. They were widely published from the 1920s through the 1950s. The term pulp fiction can also refer to mass market paperbacks since the 1950s.
- Pulp fiction, fiction as written by hack writers
- Pulp magazine or pulp fiction, inexpensive fiction magazines published from the 1920s through the 1950s, or paperbacks from the 1950s onwards
- Pulp (novel), the last novel of American writer Charles Bukowski
- Wood pulp, the most common material used to make paper
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