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9780415356473

Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415356473

  • ISBN10:

    0415356474

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2004-12-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Popular fiction sells in the millions, surrounded by an immense industry of producers, distributors and promoters. Yet despite its prevalence it has often been neglected as a subject for academic study. In this groundbreaking 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. 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 the field works, what its distinctive features are, and discusses the ways in which popular fiction is produced, advertised, distributed and read. As well as outlining the key features of this literary field,Popular Fictionalso provides a critical history of three primary genres: romance, crime fiction and science fiction; and looks at the role of bookshops, fanzines and prozines in thedistribution and reception of popular fiction. Finally, it examines five bestselling popular novelists in detail --John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, Jackie Collins and J. R. R. Tolkein - to see how popular fiction is used, discussed and represented in contemporary culture. An essential introduction to this dynamic literary and cultural field,Popular Fictionis ideal for all those interested in the "culture" of popular fiction.

Author Biography

Ken Gelder is a Reader in English at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi
Introduction 1(8)
PART I Defining the field 9(92)
1 Popular fiction: the opposite of Literature?
11(29)
2 Genre: history, attitudes, practice
40(35)
3 Processing popular fiction: bookshops, fans, fanzines and prozines, organizations
75(26)
PART II Five popular novelists 101(57)
4 (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (hi-tech) Michael Crichton: putting the thriller to work
103(15)
5 The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (re)turn of the author
118(11)
6 Jackie Collins, anti-romance and the celebrity novel
129(13)
7 J.R.R. Tolkien and global terrorism
142(16)
Conclusion 158(5)
Bibliography 163(10)
Index 173

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