03 10 / 2008

I used to collect pulp, and I actually wouldn’t be surprised if these were the same author or group of authors under different pen names. You know how Carolyn Keene (author of Nancy Drew novels) was actually a succession of different writers under one name? Pseudonyms were really common in this genre too, because of its prurient nature and also because of the cultural mandate to pick a WASPY-sounding, unobtrusive, aristocratic-yet-palatable-to-the-masses name. syntheticpubes: ovahoidinnewyawk: From Ron’s Library Sometimes I wonder if the Backwoods Hussy and the Backwoods Tramp know each other.

I used to collect pulp, and I actually wouldn’t be surprised if these were the same author or group of authors under different pen names. You know how Carolyn Keene (author of Nancy Drew novels) was actually a succession of different writers under one name? Pseudonyms were really common in this genre too, because of its prurient nature and also because of the cultural mandate to pick a WASPY-sounding, unobtrusive, aristocratic-yet-palatable-to-the-masses name.

syntheticpubes:

ovahoidinnewyawk:

From Ron’s Library

Sometimes I wonder if the Backwoods Hussy and the Backwoods Tramp know each other.

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