Descrição
Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the bestseller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. It combines a lucid and accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction with detailed readings of particularly Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Colin Dexter, William Gibson, Stephen King, Iain Banks, Terry McMillan and Walter Mosley. Scott McCracken argues that popular fiction serves a vital function in the late twentieth it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity.
Detalhes do Livro
Formato
Capa dura
Páginas
256 páginas
Idioma
Inglês
Publicado
set 15, 1998
Editora
Manchester University Press
Edições
2 edições
ISBN-10
0719047587
ISBN-13
9780719047589