Pulp Magazines/ Hardboiled

Detective FictionKieran Pereira

Pulp Magazines Pulp Fiction “the pulps” 1950’s

Short story fiction

Published 1920’s -50’s

Pulp Magazines Known for the stories as well as the art

Cover art importance for artists

Many recognizable Pulp magazine characters

WWII impact on the pulps

Hardboiled Starting in the 1920’s

“Tough” literary style

Detective stories

Hardboiled In close relation with pulp magazines Hardboiled meaning Close to same as “pulp fiction”

Relation: 1984 Detective Fiction

Orwell 1903-1950

Style like Pulp magazines

Work Cited "Pulp Fiction Central at the Vintage Library." Old Time Radio, Pulp

Fiction and Cliffhanger Serials at the Vintage Library. 13 Jan. 2009 <http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulpfiction/PulpFictionCentral.php>.

"More Hard Boiled Detective in the Pulps." Old Time Radio, Pulp Fiction and Cliffhanger Serials at the Vintage Library. 13 Jan. 2009 <http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulpfiction/genres/hard-boiled-detective.php>.

"What Is Pulp Fiction? And we don't mean the movie!." Old Time Radio, Pulp Fiction and Cliffhanger Serials at the Vintage Library. 13 Jan. 2009 <http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulpfiction/introduction/What-Is-Pulp-Fiction.html>.