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Pulp : Reading popular fiction

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press; St. Martin's Press
Year
1998
ISBN
9780719047589, 0719047587, 9780719047596, 0719047595
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
36 MB (38216883 bytes)
Pages
\217
Time added
2021-01-30 18:10:12

Description

Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the best seller 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 authors including the late 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 century: it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity.

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