Thesis statement: Pulp Fiction’s artistic and historical roots and context, the elements that define it, and the significant writers and works of literature associated it make it an important genre in American Literature.
Artistic and historical roots and context:
Elements that define Pulp Fiction:
Significant writers and works of literature:
What is it : Most magazines in 1896 through the 1950’s were printed on more expensive, higher quality paper called “glossies” or “slicks”. Pulps were an inexpensive form of popular entertainment, usually priced at ten cents, (but could go from five to twenty-five cents), since television wasn’t widely available. This made it possible for people at any income level to buy these. They were mainly
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He wrote the Black Mask. It had numerous scenes of crime and women, since during the 1920’s flappers, speakeasies and gangsters took on a major role in society. His writing altered the future writings of mystery fiction. He also wrote issues on the Ku Klux Klan. One issue on this topic was Knights of the Open Palm which featured the hero named Race Williams who became appealing to many readers and became the star of about seventy pulps and eight novels. His way of storytelling was very different from other writers, it was crude, illogical, repetitive and usually exaggerated. Whenever his name was on the cover of a magazine it was guaranteed increase in sales (usually twenty-five percent). After being a famous writer his name started to drift away, but a writer named Mickey Spillane started becoming very well-known for his work which was similar to Dalys. Daly eventually got a letter from Spillane on the great influence Daly was for him. Although it was a nice letter, Daly was unsure of how to react because he wasn’t admiring the fact that this other man was getting rich from writing about his