Includes bibliographical references (pages 239 - 244) and index.
Contents:
Chapbooks, Bluebooks and Shilling Shockers -- The Rise of the Gothic Chapbook: Simon Fisher, Thomas Hurst and The Monk, 1797-1801 -- The Art of Marketing: Ann Lemoine and John Roe -- The Golden Age of the Shilling Shocker: Thomas Tegg and the Chapbook Magazines -- The Profiteers: Isaac Crookenden and Sarah Wilkinson -- The Decline of the Gothic Pamphlet.
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