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- catalog abstract ""Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of 'taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, especially in the years 1780-1810." "The Main headings in the book are: Courting Credulity; Ghosts, Apparitions, Tall Tales; Crimes and Confessions; Extraordinary Masculinities; Evites, Amazons, and Fabulous Females; Fantastic and Harrowing Voyages; Exotic Lands and Strange Customs; Marvels of Science and Medicine; Marvellous Animals, Creatures, and Beasts; and Sensational Journalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12008251.
- catalog contributor b12008252.
- catalog coverage "Popular culture United States History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of 'taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, especially in the years 1780-1810." "The Main headings in the book are: Courting Credulity; Ghosts, Apparitions, Tall Tales; Crimes and Confessions; Extraordinary Masculinities; Evites, Amazons, and Fabulous Females; Fantastic and Harrowing Voyages; Exotic Lands and Strange Customs; Marvels of Science and Medicine; Marvellous Animals, Creatures, and Beasts; and Sensational Journalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction: courting credulity -- Ghosts, apparitions, tall tales -- Crimes and confessions -- Extraordinary masculinities -- Evites, amazons, and fabulous females -- Fantastic and harrowing voyages -- Exotic lands and strange customs -- Marvels of science and medicine -- Marvelous animals, creatures, and beasts -- Sensational journalism.".
- catalog extent "400 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0773475729".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in British and American magazines ; v. 10".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press,".
- catalog spatial "Popular culture United States History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/002 21".
- catalog subject "American literature 1783-1850.".
- catalog subject "American literature Revolutionary period, 1775-1783.".
- catalog subject "PS531 .S45 2001".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Popular literature United States.".
- catalog subject "Sensationalism in literature Sources.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: courting credulity -- Ghosts, apparitions, tall tales -- Crimes and confessions -- Extraordinary masculinities -- Evites, amazons, and fabulous females -- Fantastic and harrowing voyages -- Exotic lands and strange customs -- Marvels of science and medicine -- Marvelous animals, creatures, and beasts -- Sensational journalism.".
- catalog title "Sensationalist literature and popular culture in the early American republic : an anthology of exotic nonfiction, wonder tales and whoppes / compiled and edited by Edward W.R. Pitcher and D. Sean Hartigan.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".