Author: Victor E. Neuburg
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780713001587
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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First Published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Victor E. Neuburg
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879722333
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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In this pioneering work Victor Neuberg has assembled a wealth of information about popular literature, from the invention of the printing press to the present. This guide, by judicious selection, gives a vivid picture of the range and variety of popular literature and its producers. Besides describing the main genres, the author has also included the social, cultural and commercial background to the production of popular literature, factors that were crucial in influencing the forms it took.

Author: Victor E. Neuburg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136894411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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First Published in 1977. This book defines popular literature, and traces its development in England from the beginnings of printing to the year 1897, and provides a critical survey of sources available for its study.

Author: David G. Roskies
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611683599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day

Author: Bernice M. Murphy
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474411045
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction represents an invaluable starting point for students wishing to familiarise themselves with this exciting and rapidly evolving area of literary studies. It provides an accessible, concise and reliable overview of core critical terminology, key theoretical approaches, and the major genres and sub-genres within popular fiction. Because popular fiction is significantly shaped by commercial forces, the book also provides critical and historical contexts for terminology related to e-books, e-publishing, and self-publishing platforms. By using focusing in particular on post-2000 trends in popular fiction, the book provides a truly up-to-date snapshot of the subject area and its critical contexts.

Author: Victor E. Neuburg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136894349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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First Published in 1977. This book defines popular literature, and traces its development in England from the beginnings of printing to the year 1897, and provides a critical survey of sources available for its study.

Author: Kevin A. Morrison
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633592
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319

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This companion to Victorian popular fiction includes more than 300 cross-referenced entries on works written for the British mass market. Biographical sketches cover the writers and their publishers, the topics that concerned them and the genres they helped to establish or refine. Entries introduce readers to long-overlooked authors who were widely read in their time, with suggestions for further reading and emerging resources for the study of popular fiction.

Author: Susan Edmiston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Author: Julia Briggs
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9781840142426
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Responding to the astonishing success of J. K. Rowling and other contemporary authors, the editors of this timely volume take up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have generated, and sometimes sustained, the popularity of children's books. Ranging from eighteenth-century chapbooks to the stories of Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl, and from science schoolbooks to Harry Potter, these essays show how authorial talent operates within its cultural context to make a children's classic.

Author: K. Halsey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230316794
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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'Reading has a history. But how can we recover it?' This volume brings together original research essays focusing on the history of reading in the British Isles, using evidence ranging from library records to Mass Observation surveys to highlight the social factors that influence a seemingly private, individual activity.