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[[Image:Musk, Hashish and Blood, a French language collection of tales by Hector France,.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Musk, Hashish and Blood]]'' ([[1886]]) is a French language collection of tales by [[Hector France]] "The adventures of a modern man among the cruel men and the passionate women of Algiers," reads the jacket copy of the pulpy paperback. [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] imagery of veiled temptresses and sword-wielding hunks abound. ]] | [[Image:Musk, Hashish and Blood, a French language collection of tales by Hector France,.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Musk, Hashish and Blood]]'' ([[1886]]) is a French language collection of tales by [[Hector France]] "The adventures of a modern man among the cruel men and the passionate women of Algiers," reads the jacket copy of the pulpy paperback. [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] imagery of veiled temptresses and sword-wielding hunks abound. ]] | ||
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+ | # A [[soft]], [[moist]], [[shapeless]] [[mass]] or [[matter]]. | ||
+ | # A [[magazine]] or [[book]] containing [[lurid]] [[subject|subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print|printed]] on [[rough]], [[unfinished]] [[paper]]. | ||
+ | # The soft [[center]] of a [[fruit]] | ||
+ | # The soft [[center]] of a [[tooth]] | ||
+ | # A [[mixture]] of [[wood]], [[cellulose]] and/or [[rag]]s and [[water]] ground up to make [[paper]]. | ||
+ | # Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). | ||
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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]]. Metaphorically, it can be used to denote any form of [[low culture]]. | 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]]. Metaphorically, it can be used to denote any form of [[low culture]]. | ||
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- A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
- A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
- The soft center of a fruit
- The soft center of a tooth
- A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
- Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
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. Metaphorically, it can be used to denote any form of low culture.
See also
- Low culture
- Mass media
- 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
- Wood pulp, the most common material used to make paper
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