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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] | :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 |
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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 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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