Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London: Murder, Madness & Gore from

Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London: Murder, Madness & Gore from the Penny Bloods (Creation Oneiros Scorpionic)

At the beginning of the 19th century, higher standards of education, the invention of fast and efficient printing presses, and cheap paper production combined to create a new, mass market for literature in England: sensationalistic, graphic "shilling shockersâ€ for the masses. By 1827, macabre literary material dealing with witchcraft, deformity, depravity, insanity, sadism and gore, could be found in such publications as Legends Of Terror, a 40-part omnibus of supernatural tales, and The Casket, a weekly magazine-type publication which touted itself as "the first of the penny papersâ€; this was also the period when numerous annals of violent crime, such as The Tell-Tale and The Terrific Register, were published. Edward Lloyd, a bookseller turned publisher, detonated the penny-pulp market from 1836 onwards with the inauguration of a new line of sensationalistic mass-produced "penny bloodsâ€, filled with wild, vivid and gruesome stories and serials written by a pool of writers that included Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, and E.P. Hingston. Best-known amongst these works were Varney The Vampyre and The String Of Pearls, featuring Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber. One of Lloyd's most successful rivals, both as an author and later as an editor and publisher, was G.W.M. Reynolds, whose grim 1845 serial Mysteries Of London was immensely popular; in 1846 Reynolds started his own journal, Reynolds' Miscellany, launched with a new serial shocker by Reynolds himself entitled Wagner The Wehr-Wolf. FLESH-RIPPING GHOULS OF LONDON is a new anthology which collects 30 true-crime reports, serial chapters and short stories from the golden age of the penny bloods. It constitutes the widest history and selection of this literary output currently available.
Country USA
Brand Creation Oneiros
Manufacturer Creation Oneiros
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2009309269
ReleaseDate 2012-06-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781902197517

Country	USA
Brand	Creation Oneiros
Manufacturer	Creation Oneiros
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2009309269
ReleaseDate	2012-06-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781902197517

Flesh-Ripping Ghouls of London: Murder, Madness & Gore from the Penny Bloods (Creation Oneiros Scorpionic)

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