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Modern collectors such as Peter Opie, have chiefly a scholarly interest in the form. [10] [11] Modern small literary presses, such as Louffa Press, Black Lawrence Press and Ugly Duckling Presse, continue to issue several small editions of chapbooks a year, updated in technique and materials, often to high fabrication standards, such as letterpress.
Charles de Lint [1] [2] [3] (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer. Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has composed works of urban fantasy , contemporary magical realism , and mythic fiction . [ 4 ]
Articles relating to chapbooks, small publications of up to about 40 pages, sometimes bound with a saddle stitch. In early modern Europe a chapbook was a type of printed street literature . Subcategories
Modern retellings of the Eulenspiegel story have been published since the latter 19th century. The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak , by Charles De Coster (1867), transfers the character to the period of the Reformation and the Dutch Revolt ; the novel's Ulenspiegel (in modern Dutch , Tijl Uilenspiegel ) was adopted as a symbol by ...
This category contains writers of chapbooks (English language term), as well as bibliothèque bleue ("blue book"; French) and Volksbuch (German). Pages in category ...
The related word chapbook is a later coinage from the 19th century which appears to refer to the fact that chapbooks were very cheaply made. From Old English ceap is also derived cheap “inexpensive,” a shortening of good ceap “good buy,” and Cheapside “market place,” a street in London that both historically and in modern times has ...
Modern silhouettes, asymmetric styles, and unexpected diamond shapes bring a fresh take on tradition. Key features: Open bands or non-traditional shapes. Mixed metal designs for a unique contrast.
Bukowski's birthplace at Aktienstrasse, Andernach Charles Bukowski was born Heinrich Karl Bukowski in Andernach, Prussia, Weimar Germany.His father was Heinrich (Henry) Bukowski, an American of German descent who had served in the U.S. army of occupation after World War I and had remained in Germany after his army service.