How romance novels changed book design

With their expressive type and bawdy illustrations, romance novels turned book covers into potent advertisements. The paperback pulp romance—birthed in the 1930s, but arguably at its height during the murky cultural soup of postwar America—exists at a unique intersection of smut and chastity. Though the covers of books from this era feature characters in the throes of passion, the stories themselves, especially in the earlier half of this period, were generally quite chaste, in accordance with the sensibilities of the time.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2023-02-14 09:31:34 UTC ]

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How romance novels changed book design

With their expressive type and bawdy illustrations, romance novels turned book covers into potent advertisements. The paperback pulp romance—birthed in the 1930s, but arguably at its height during the murky cultural soup of postwar America—exists at a unique intersection of smut and chastity.... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2023-02-14 09:31:34 UTC ]
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