{"product_id":"the-microgenre-9781501345807","title":"The Microgenre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverybody knows, and maybe even loves, a microgenre. Plague romances and mommy memoirs. Nudie-cutie movies, Nazi zombies, and dinosaur erotica. Baby burlesks, Minecraft fiction, grindcore, premature ejaculation poetry...microgenres come in all varieties and turn up in every form of media under the sun, tailor-made for enthusiasts of all walks of life.Coming into use in the last decade or so, the term microgenre classifies increasingly niche-marketed worlds in popular music, fiction, television, and the Internet. Netflix has recently highlighted our fascination with the ultra-niche genre with hilariously specific classifications -- independent supernatural dramedy featuring a strong female lead  that can sometimes hit a little too close to home. Each contribution in this collection introduces readers to a different microgenre, drawn from a range of historical periods and from a variety of media. \u003ci\u003eThe Microgenre\u003c\/i\u003e presents a previously untreated point of cultural curiosity, revealing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays collected in O’Donnell’s and Stevens’s \u003ci\u003eThe Microgenre \u003c\/i\u003eaddress a timely topic: groups of texts previously considered unworthy of critical attention because of their ephemerality, faddishness, or shared eccentricity have now become objects of serious historical interest because those qualities link them to the “microgenres” generated by algorithmic targeting of consumers of digital media. The wide range of examples makes this recommended reading for literary historians, genre theorists, and students of popular culture alike. * John Rieder, Professor of English, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA *\u003cbr\u003eMicrogenres\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efascinate because of their startling specificity. But this book is much more than a fascinating bestiary. In surveying the oddly precise niches occupied by “plague romances” and “baby burlesks,” \u003ci\u003eThe Microgenre\u003c\/i\u003e also advances a macroscopic argument. The editors explain why this hyper-specific mode of description has become one of the central critical innovations of our own century, and demonstrate that it can help us understand the rough-edged and provisional character of genres long past. * Ted Underwood, Professor of English and Information Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Molly C. O’Donnell, James Madison University, USA and Anne H. Stevens, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/b\u003e The Myron’s Cow Epigraph \u003ci\u003e(Paul Hay, Western Reserve University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/b\u003e The Premature Ejaculation Poem \u003ci\u003e(Christopher Vilmar, Salisbury University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/b\u003e Prostitute Narratives of Ancien Régime France \u003ci\u003e(Alistaire Tallent, Colorado College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/b\u003e The Neoclassical Plague Romance \u003ci\u003e(Matthew Duques, University of North Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/b\u003e Anesthesia Fiction \u003ci\u003e(Jennifer Diann Jones, University of Portsmouth, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/b\u003e Magic-Portrait Fiction \u003ci\u003e(Diana Bellonby, Vanderbilt University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/b\u003e Topographical Reports of the American Frontier \u003ci\u003e(John Hay, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/b\u003e Grangerism \u003ci\u003e(Megan Becker-Leckrone, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Temple’s “Baby Burlesks” \u003ci\u003e(Nora Gilbert, University of North Texas, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/b\u003e Nudie-Cuties \u003ci\u003e(Cynthia J. Miller, Emerson College, USA, and Thomas M. Shaker, independent scholar)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 11\u003c\/b\u003e Giallo \u003ci\u003e(Gavin F. Hurley, University of Providence, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 12\u003c\/b\u003e Nuclear Realism \u003ci\u003e(John Carl Baker, Nuclear Field Coordinator and Senior Program Officer, Ploughshares Fund)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/b\u003e Anti-Sitcom Video Art \u003ci\u003e(Susanna Newbury, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 14\u003c\/b\u003e Home Depot Art \u003ci\u003e(Danielle Kelly, Lake Forest College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 15\u003c\/b\u003e The Mommy Memoir \u003ci\u003e(Mary Thompson, James Madison University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/b\u003e Minecraft Fiction \u003ci\u003e(Michael T. Wilson, Appalachian State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 17\u003c\/b\u003e Heavy Metal Microgenres \u003ci\u003e(Heather Lusty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 18\u003c\/b\u003e Mexican Neo-Surf Microgenres\u003ci\u003e (Aurelio Meza, Concordia University, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 19\u003c\/b\u003e Fanfiction Microgenres \u003ci\u003e(Elyse Graham, Stony Brook University, USA and Michelle Alexis Taylor, Harvard University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 20\u003c\/b\u003e Machine-Classified Microgenres \u003ci\u003e(Jonathan Goodwin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Notes on Contributors Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739785015639,"sku":"9781501345807","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501345807.jpg?v=1720053136","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-microgenre-9781501345807","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}