Penny Dreadfuls - The Circulation Patterns of a Victorian Popular Literature

This book is a study of the impact of nineteenth-century popular literature on its contemporary society as well as on later literary works and genres, through the case study of the penny dreadfuls and their circulation patterns.

About the author

Manon Burz-Labrande is an independent post-doctoral researcher who obtained her PhD at the University of Vienna, Austria, where she currently teaches at the Department of English and American Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Manon Burz-Labrande
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 02.12.2025
• EAN: 9781839996306
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-630-6
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Anthem Impact in Victorian Popular Fiction series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems