Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction - 9781474414852

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, keytheoretical 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 usingfocusing 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: Bernice M. Murphy|Stephen Matterson, Bernice M. Murphy
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 16, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1474414850
• | ISBN-13: 9781474414852