Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback (Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and Culture) - Softcover

Nette, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839991232 ISBN 13: 9781839991233

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2024

Synopsis

This is the first book-length study of Sydney-based Horwitz Publications, the largest and most dynamic Australian pulp publisher to emerge after World War II. Although best known for its cheaply produced, sometimes luridly packaged, softcover books, Horwitz Publications played a far larger role in mainstream Australian publishing than has been so far recognised, particularly in the expansion of the paperback from the late 1950s onwards.
Horwitz Publications, Pulp Fiction and the Rise of the Australian Paperback examines the authorship, production, marketing and distribution of Horwitz pulp paperbacks. It includes ground-breaking material on the conditions of creative labour: the writers, artists and editors involved in the production of Horwitz pulp. The book also explores how Horwitz pulp paperbacks acted as a local conduit for the global modern: the ideas, sensations, fascinations, technologies, and people that came crashing into the Australian consciousness in the 1950s and 1960s.

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About the Author

Andrew Nette has a PhD from Macquarie University and is an author of fiction and non-fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839991232
• ISBN 13: 9781839991233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254