Die Beta-Version der ‹Shund›-Datenbank katalogisiert fast 40 Jahre Forverts Pulp Fiction (via Researchbuzz und forward.com)
«Beginning in the 1890s, newspapers, including the Forverts, tried to appeal to a broader audience by publishing popular fiction derisively called ‘shund’ or ‘trash.’ Yiddish authors like Sholem Aleichem and Y.L. Peretz strove to create a national literature. Shund stories, on the other hand, were written to make a profit, veering into the sensational and melodramatic — tales of romance, adventure, anything that would sell.”