In this important book, Ken Gelder offers a lively and comprehensive account of popular fiction as a distinctive literary and cultural field, tied directly to the logics and practices of entertainment and industry.
In this important book, Ken Gelder offers a lively and comprehensive account of popular fiction as a distinctive literary and cultural field, tied directly to the logics and practices of entertainment and industry.
Introduction Part 1: Defining the Field 1. Popular Fiction: The Opposite of Literature? 2. Genre: History Attitudes Practice 3. Processing Popular Fiction: Bookshops Fans Fanzines and Prozines Organizations Part 2: Five Popular Novelists 4. (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (Hi-tech) Michael Crichton: Putting the Thriller to Work 5. The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (Re)Turn of the Author 6. Jackie Collins Anti-Romance and the Celebrity Novel 7. J.R.R. Tolkien and Global Terrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index
Introduction Part 1: Defining the Field 1. Popular Fiction: The Opposite of Literature? 2. Genre: History Attitudes Practice 3. Processing Popular Fiction: Bookshops Fans Fanzines and Prozines Organizations Part 2: Five Popular Novelists 4. (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (Hi-tech) Michael Crichton: Putting the Thriller to Work 5. The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (Re)Turn of the Author 6. Jackie Collins Anti-Romance and the Celebrity Novel 7. J.R.R. Tolkien and Global Terrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index
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