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Contemporary literary criticism
Beneath the American Renaissance
Loving with a vengeance
The Weird Tale
Half-hours with the telescope
To catch a sunbeam
Anthology of ancient Greek popular literature
Political mythology and popular fiction
Short story criticism
Serenade
Contemporary literary criticism
Fiction and the reading public
Contemporary literary criticism
The forbidden best-sellers of pre-revolutionary France
The thrill of fear
Tarzan and tradition
Pillars of salt, monuments of grace
The little minister
Short Story Criticism
The mammoth book of pulp fiction
Cult fiction
Sandra, surgical nurse
A natural history of the romance novel
The Great Pulp Heroes
Forbidden Laughter
What do I read next?, 2004
The image of the American city in popular literature, 1820-1870
Integrated advisory service
"Murder Will Out"
Making the list
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