Popular fiction
Subtitle: the logics and practices of a literary field
By: Ken Gelder.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Popular fiction : the opposite of literature?; title: Genre : history, attitudes, practice; title: Processing popular fiction : bookshops, fans, fanzines and prozines, organizations; title: (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (hi-tech) Michael Crichton : putting the thriller to work; title: The vampire writes back : Anne Rice and the (re)turn of the author; title: Jackie Collins, anti-romance and the celebrity novel; title: J.R.R. Tolkien and global terrorism.