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Brings together chapters on the bestseller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. The text combines an accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction, with readings of authors such as Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper.

Table of Contents
Introduction - world, reader and text; bestsellers; detective fiction; popular romance; science fiction; popular romance; science fiction; gothic-horror; transgression and utopianism in popular fiction

Pulp Reading Popular Fiction

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    A Paperback by Scott McCracken

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 8/6/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719047596, 978-0719047596
      ISBN10: 0719047595

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brings together chapters on the bestseller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. The text combines an accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction, with readings of authors such as Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - world, reader and text; bestsellers; detective fiction; popular romance; science fiction; popular romance; science fiction; gothic-horror; transgression and utopianism in popular fiction

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