Dalenberg Library of Antique Popular Literature
Exploring the history of popular literature since the invention of the printing press made popular literature possible. The origins and history of modern mystery and science fiction writing. The evolution of popular formats from the 19th Century dime novel through pulp magazines, comic books, and paperback originals. Unearthing forgotten, under-appreciated, or under-valued works from the past.
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Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
WINSOR MCCAY
1905
Antique Popular Literature
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, by Winsor McCay (1905)
See also www.dalenbergfilmlibrary.com for The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter (of The Great Train Robbery fame), the 1906 entry in The Dalenberg Library's "100 Films, 100 Years." Winsor McCay's comic strip "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" appeared...
Some Chinese Ghosts, by Lafcadio Hearn (1887)
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is one of those authors whose personal biography is as fascinating as his fiction, born in Greece, moved to Ireland as a child, essentially abandoned in his youth, finding his way to America at 19, and earning gradual success as a...
Love is Enough, by William Morris (1873)
Nowadays, William Morris (1834-1896) is remembered as the Victorian artist famous for tapestry, furniture, and stained glass designs. But in his lifetime, he was chiefly known as a poet. He also has a certain fame since the 1970's as one of the first fantasists who...
Quarry, by Max Allan Collins (1976)
After the old guard of mystery/hard-boiled/detective writers mostly died out about 10 years ago, Max Allan Collins (1948- ) has quietly assumed their mantle of greatness. I'm thinking in particular of Mickey Spillane, Ed McBain, and Donald Westlake. Collins was a...
“Enoch Arden” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1862)
George Goodwin Kilburne's painting is a perfect evocation of one of the early scenes in Tennyson's "Enoch Arden," a long poem that was a hit for decades among the Victorians. Two boys vie for the affections of a young girl. She marries one and puts the other one in...
Treasures from the Dalenberg Library: Ellison/Asimov–I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
News travels slowly to Kansas. The Dalenberg Library just got word of the passing June 27 of the enfant terrible of science fiction, Harlan Ellison (5/27/34-6/27/18.) It is difficult to envision Ellison as an 84 year-old. He was somehow frozen in our mind as...