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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9781474414852
- Book Title
- Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781474414852
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction
- Publisher
- Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
- Item Length
- 6.1 in
- Subject
- General, Gothic & Romance, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-10
1474414850
ISBN-13
9781474414852
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239737279
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction
Language
English
Subject
General, Gothic & Romance, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823.9209
Table Of Content
Introduction. 'Changing the story': Popular Fiction today Bernice M. Murphy and Stephen Matterson 1. Larry McMurtry's Vanishing Breeds Stephen Matterson 2. 'Time to Open the Door': Stephen King's Legacy Rebecca Janicker 3. Terry Pratchett: Mostly Human Jim Shanahan 4. From Westeros to HBO: George R.R. Martin and the Mainstreaming of Fantasy Gerard Hynes 5. Nora Roberts: The Power of Love Jarlath Killeen 6. The King of Stories: Neil Gaiman's Twenty-first Century Fiction Tara Prescott 7. Jo Nesbรธ: Murder in the Folkhemmet Clare Clarke 8. 'It's a trap! Don't turn the page.' Metafiction and the Multiverse in the Comics of Grant Morrison Kate Roddy 9. Panoptic and Synoptic Surveillance in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Series Keith O'Sullivan 10. E. L. James and the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon Dara Downey 11. Fact, Fiction, Fabrication: The Popular Appeal of Dan Brown's Global Bestsellers Ian Kinane 12. 'I Need to Disillusion You': J.K. Rowling and Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Fantasy Kate Harvey 13. Jodi Picoult: Good Grief Clare Hayes-Brady 14. 'We Will Have a Happy Marriage If It Kills Him': Gillian Flynn and the Rise of Domestic Noir Bernice M. Murphy 15. 'The Bastard Zone': China Miรฉville, Perdido Street Station and the New Weird Kirsten Tranter 16. Sparkly Vampires and Shimmering Aliens: The Paranormal Romance of Stephanie Meyer Hannah Priest 17. 'We needed to get a lot of white collars dirty': The Apocalypse as Opportunity in Max Brooks' World War Z . Bernice M. Murphy 18. Genre and Uncertainty in Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad Mysteries Brian Cliff 19. 'You Get What You Ask For': Hugh Howey, SF, and Authorial Agency Stephen Kenneally 20. Cherie Priest: At the Intersection of History and Technology Catherine Siemann
Synopsis
This groundbreaking collection provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fiction., Provides a unique snapshot of themes and trends within popular fiction in the twenty-first century This groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction. The lively, accessible and academically rigorous essays presented here cover a wider range of established popular fiction genres such as fantasy, horror and the romance, as well as more niche areas such as Domestic Noir, Steampunk, the New Weird, Nordic Noir and Zombie Lit. The collection will primarily appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students but general readers may also find the focus on many of today's most prominent and influential authors to be of interest. Key Features Provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fictionIncludes timely reassessments of recent fiction by established figures such as Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Larry McMurtry, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult, China Miรฉville, Grant Morrison, Terry Pratchett and Nora Roberts as well as consideration of authors who have emerged more recently, amongst them Stephenie Meyer, Gillian Flynn, E.L. James, Hugh Howey, Cherie Priest, and Max BrooksIncludes supplementary material such recommended further reading at the end of each chapter, This groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction. The lively, accessible and academically rigorous essays presented here cover a wider range of established popular fiction genres such as fantasy, horror and the romance, as well as more niche areas such as Domestic Noir, Steampunk, the New Weird, Nordic Noir and Zombie Lit. The collection will primarily appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students but general readers may also find the focus on many of today's most prominent and influential authors to be of interest., Provides a unique snapshot of themes and trends within popular fiction in the twenty-first century This groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction. The lively, accessible and academically rigorous essays presented here cover a wider range of established popular fiction genres such as fantasy, horror and the romance, as well as more niche areas such as Domestic Noir, Steampunk, the New Weird, Nordic Noir and Zombie Lit. The collection will primarily appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students but general readers may also find the focus on many of today's most prominent and influential authors to be of interest. Key Features Provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fiction Includes timely reassessments of recent fiction by established figures such as Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Larry McMurtry, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult, China Miรฉville, Grant Morrison, Terry Pratchett and Nora Roberts as well as consideration of authors who have emerged more recently, amongst them Stephenie Meyer, Gillian Flynn, E.L. James, Hugh Howey, Cherie Priest, and Max Brooks Includes supplementary material such recommended further reading at the end of each chapter
LC Classification Number
PR889
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