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Manliness and the Boys' Story Paper in Britain : A Cultural History, 1855-1940 - K. Boyd
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Manliness and the Boys' Story Paper in Britain

A Cultural History, 1855-1940

By: K. Boyd

Hardcover | 5 November 2002 | Edition Number 1

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In this pioneering work about the precursor to the comic book, Kelly Boyd traces the evolution of the boys' story paper and its impact on the imaginative world of working-class readers. From the penny dreadful and the "Boy's Own Paper" to the tales of Billy Bunter and Sexton Blake, this cultural form shaped ideas about gender, race, class, and empire in response to social change.
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'It is a painstaking, purposeful and detailed commentary on the concept of masculinity as purveyed in the boys' periodical...' - Patricia Craig, Times Literary Supplement



'This is a well-written book and could easily be finished in one sitting. But it is also a monograph that is packed with new interpretations and intelligent re-assessments. Cultural and gender historians of this period will be rewarded by giving this book their closest scrutiny.' - Professor Stephen Heathorn, Indiana University, Indianapolis

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