RARA-AVIS: Cover Art; Lesbian Pulps

E J M Duggan (ejmd@mcmail.com)
Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:36:09 -0800 De Capo Press have recently re-issued Geoffrey O'Brien's _Hardboiled
America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir_ which is a wonderful
book, and one I think all rara-avians would be pleased to find poking
out the top of a stocking on Christmas morn (actually, I can think of
one or other things I'd like to find sticking out a stocking, but that
might lead to a discussion that'd be slightly off-topic, even for *this*
list 8-p).

As far as I recall, the titles/authors mentioned by Michael & James are
not covered specifically in O'Brien's book [btw Michael, just *how much*
did you pay for that book?].

Lesbian pulps, cover blurbs, Ann Aldrich and Gold Medal are all
mentioned specifically (albeit briefly) by Sally Munt, in Chapter Five
of her _Murder by the Book: Feminism and the Crime Novel_ (Routledge:
London & NY, 1994). The notes offer some bibliographical pointers that
look like they might be right up your boulevard; if you have trouble
tracking down Munt, mail me and I'll copy you the references. The
chapter is apparently a revised version of an earlier piece, so you may
like to check out also: Susannah Radstone, ed., _Sweet Dreams:
Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction_ (Lawrence & Wishart: London,
1988).

See also Piet Schreuders _The Book of Paperbacks: A Visual History of
the Paperback Book_ (Virgin: London, 1981) apparently a reprint of
_Paperbacks USA_ (Loeb: Amsterdam, 1981) [I'm not sure if this edition
is published in Dutch or English]. As well as providing a useful
general text, there is a very useful annotated bibliography.

_Hardboiled America_ is the subject of a rather fine in-depth
review-essay in the current issue of Crime Time. Check it out ;-)

ED

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