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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siecle
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction Cambridge Companions to Literature
Book SynopsisPopular commercial fiction emerged in the nineteenth century, with serialised novels and sensational penny dreadfuls. Today it remains a multi-million dollar industry giving pleasure to many, but it is also a field of growing interest for scholars and students of literature. This Companion covers the major developments in the history of popular fiction, with specially commissioned chapters on pulp fiction, bestsellers, and comics and graphic narratives. The volume also examines the public and personal everyday contexts within which popular texts are read, highlighting the ways in which such narratives have circulated across a variety of constantly changing media, including theatre, television, cinema and new computer-based digital forms. Case studies from key genres - crime fiction, romance and Gothic horror - as well as a full chronology and guide to further reading make this collection indispensable to all those interested in this complex and vibrant cultural field.Trade Review'It is a subject which stretches back (and forward) in time, across cultures, media, readers or consumers and is constantly shifting, especially now in the light of rapidly developing technology. This is a thorough survey of the current state of academic study of this area … for academics and students it is an invaluable source and guide to a subject, or subjects, of wide social, cultural and academic application.' Stuart James, Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction David Glover and Scott McCracken; 1. Publishing, history, genre David Glover; 2. Fiction, theatre, and early cinema Nicholas Daly; 3. Television and serial fictions John Caughie; 4. The public sphere, popular culture and the true meaning of the Zombie Apocalypse Roger Luckhurst; 5. The reader of popular fiction Nicola Humble; 6. Reading time: popular fiction and the everyday Scott McCracken; 7. Gender and sexuality in popular fiction Kaye Mitchell; 8. Pulp sensations Erin A. Smith; 9. Bestselling fiction: machinery, economy, excess Fred Botting; 10. Comic books and graphic novels Hilary Chute and Marianne Dekoven; 11. Popular fictions in the digital age Brenda Silver; Further reading; Index.
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Manchester University Press Masculinities Modernist Fiction and the Urban
Book SynopsisFocusing on the cultural politics of eating and drinking and the importance of cafes and teashops to the literary culture of the time, Masculinities, modernist fiction and the urban public sphere charts the changing representations of masculinity in modernist fiction in the context of London, Dublin, Paris and Prague. -- .Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: New women, new men1. George Gissing, urban modernity and modernism2. Dorothy Richardson and new woman fiction3. Going up in mmoke: Mr Richardson4. Fathers and cities5. On the threshold: Franz Kafka6. Journeys through the city: James JoycePart II: Bodies7. Bodily innervation: food, eating and the everyday8. George Gissing and the cultural politics of food9. smoking and consumption10. Dietetics and aesthetics11. Lestrygonians: a place to eatPart III: Cities12. Phantasmagoria and the public sphere13. Teashop dreams14. Gissing and eating out15. Modernism’s ABC16. Miriam, teashops and the industrialised public sphere17: Kafka, masculinity and the public sphereBibliography
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Manchester University Press Pulp Reading Popular Fiction
Book SynopsisBrings 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 ContentsIntroduction - 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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Manchester University Press Masculinities Modernist Fiction and the Urban
Book SynopsisFocusing on the cultural politics of eating and drinking and the importance of cafes and teashops to the literary culture of the time, Masculinities, modernist fiction and the urban public sphere charts the changing representations of masculinity in modernist fiction in the context of London, Dublin, Paris and Prague.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: New women, new men1. George Gissing, urban modernity and modernism2. Dorothy Richardson and new woman fiction3. Going up in mmoke: Mr Richardson4. Fathers and cities5. On the threshold: Franz Kafka6. Journeys through the city: James JoycePart II: Bodies7. Bodily innervation: food, eating and the everyday8. George Gissing and the cultural politics of food9. smoking and consumption10. Dietetics and aesthetics11. Lestrygonians: a place to eatPart III: Cities12. Phantasmagoria and the public sphere13. Teashop dreams14. Gissing and eating out15. Modernism’s ABC16. Miriam, teashops and the industrialised public sphere17: Kafka, masculinity and the public sphereBibliography
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Manchester University Press Benjamins Arcades An Unguided Tour Encounters
Book SynopsisAn innovative and valuable text for students and specialists on the intellectual and political context of Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece, The Arcades Project Authored by three literary scholars and one historian, all of whom are highly regarded in their respective fields Includes a special 'convoluted index', designed to.Table of ContentsPreface: BeginningsAcknowledgements1. Encounters2. Arcades3. Method4. Judaism5. Modernity6. Magic7. Empathy- Einfühlung8. Insurrection9. Angel of History10. Awakening11. Advertising12. Nations13. Jeux/Joie/Jouissance14. Idleness15. Night16. NazisIndex
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