| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Popular fiction : the opposite of literature? -- Genre : history, attitudes, practice -- Processing popular fiction : bookshops, fans, fanzines and prozines, organizations -- (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (hi-tech) Michael Crichton : putting the thriller to work -- The vampire writes back : Anne Rice and the (re)turn of the author -- Jackie Collins, anti-romance and the celebrity novel -- J.R.R. Tolkien and global terrorism. |
| Summary |
"In this book, Ken Gelder offers a lively, progressive and comprehensive account of popular fiction as a distinctive literary field. Drawing on a wide range of popular novelists, from Sir Walter Scott and Marie Corelli to Ian Fleming, J.K. Rowling and Stephen King, the book describes for the first time how this field works and what its unique features are." "This book is essential reading for those interested in the way popular fiction works as a literary, cultural and industrial practice."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature. |
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English-speaking countries. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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Popular literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Fiction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gelder, Ken, 1955- Popular fiction. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415356466 0415356474 (DLC) 2004014086 (OCoLC)55729849 |
| ISBN |
0203023366 (electronic book) |
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9780203023365 (electronic book) |
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0415356466 (Cloth) |
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0415356474 (Paper) |
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