Twenty-first-century popular fiction /edited by Bernice M. Murphy and Stephen Matterson.
Twenty-first-century popular fiction /edited by Bernice M. Murphy and Stephen Matterson.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (iv, 250 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: 'Changing the story', popular fiction today / Larry McMurtry's vanishing breeds / 'Time to open the door': Stephen King's legacy / Terry Pratchett: mostly human / From Westeros to HBO: George R.R. Martin and the mainstreaming of fantasy / Nora Roberts: the power of love / The king of stories: Neil Gaiman's twenty-first century fiction / Jo Nesbo: murder in the Folkhemmet / 'It's a trap! Don't turn the page': metafiction and the multiverse in the comics of Grant Morrison / Panoptic and synoptic surveillance in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games series / E.L. James and the Fifty Shades phenomenon / Fact, fiction, fabrication: the popular appeal of Dan Brown's global bestsellers / 'I need to disillusion you': J.K. Rowling and twenty-first century young adult fantasy / Jodi Picoult: good grief / 'We will have a happy marriage if it kills him": Gillian Flynn and the rise of domestic noir / 'The Bastard Zone': China Mieville, Perdido Street Station and the new weird / Sparkly Vampires and shimmering aliens: the paranormal romance of Stephenie Meyer / 'We needed to get a lot of white collars dirty': Apocalypse as opportunity in Max Brooks's World War Z / Genre and uncertainty in Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad mysteries / 'You get what you ask for': Hugh Howey, science fiction and authorial agency / Cherie Priest: at the intersection of history and technology / Bernice M. Murphy and Stephen Matterson -- Stephen Matterson -- Rebecca Janicker -- Jim Shanahan -- Gerard Hynes -- Jarlath Killeen -- Tara Prescott -- Clare Clarke -- Kate Roddy -- Keith O'Sullivan -- Dara Downey -- Ian Kinane -- Kate Harvey -- Clare Hayes-Brady -- Bernice M. Murphy -- Kirsten Tranter -- Hannah Priest -- Bernice M. Murphy -- Brian Cliff -- Stephen Kenneally -- Catherine Siemann.
Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction represents an invaluable starting point for students wishing to familiarise themselves with this exciting and rapidly evolving area of literary studies. It provides an accessible, concise and reliable overview of core critical terminology, key theoretical approaches, and the major genres and sub-genres within popular fiction. Because popular fiction is significantly shaped by commercial forces, the book also provides critical and historical contexts for terminology related to e-books, e-publishing, and self-publishing platforms. By using focusing in particular on post-2000 trends in popular fiction, the book provides a truly up-to-date snapshot of the subject area and its critical contexts. "This groundbreaking collection captures the state of present day popular fiction. It features 20 new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction."--book cover
9781474414869
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century
Popular literature--History and criticism.--21st century
Electronic Books.
PN3504 / .T846 2018
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: 'Changing the story', popular fiction today / Larry McMurtry's vanishing breeds / 'Time to open the door': Stephen King's legacy / Terry Pratchett: mostly human / From Westeros to HBO: George R.R. Martin and the mainstreaming of fantasy / Nora Roberts: the power of love / The king of stories: Neil Gaiman's twenty-first century fiction / Jo Nesbo: murder in the Folkhemmet / 'It's a trap! Don't turn the page': metafiction and the multiverse in the comics of Grant Morrison / Panoptic and synoptic surveillance in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games series / E.L. James and the Fifty Shades phenomenon / Fact, fiction, fabrication: the popular appeal of Dan Brown's global bestsellers / 'I need to disillusion you': J.K. Rowling and twenty-first century young adult fantasy / Jodi Picoult: good grief / 'We will have a happy marriage if it kills him": Gillian Flynn and the rise of domestic noir / 'The Bastard Zone': China Mieville, Perdido Street Station and the new weird / Sparkly Vampires and shimmering aliens: the paranormal romance of Stephenie Meyer / 'We needed to get a lot of white collars dirty': Apocalypse as opportunity in Max Brooks's World War Z / Genre and uncertainty in Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad mysteries / 'You get what you ask for': Hugh Howey, science fiction and authorial agency / Cherie Priest: at the intersection of history and technology / Bernice M. Murphy and Stephen Matterson -- Stephen Matterson -- Rebecca Janicker -- Jim Shanahan -- Gerard Hynes -- Jarlath Killeen -- Tara Prescott -- Clare Clarke -- Kate Roddy -- Keith O'Sullivan -- Dara Downey -- Ian Kinane -- Kate Harvey -- Clare Hayes-Brady -- Bernice M. Murphy -- Kirsten Tranter -- Hannah Priest -- Bernice M. Murphy -- Brian Cliff -- Stephen Kenneally -- Catherine Siemann.
Key Concepts in Contemporary Popular Fiction represents an invaluable starting point for students wishing to familiarise themselves with this exciting and rapidly evolving area of literary studies. It provides an accessible, concise and reliable overview of core critical terminology, key theoretical approaches, and the major genres and sub-genres within popular fiction. Because popular fiction is significantly shaped by commercial forces, the book also provides critical and historical contexts for terminology related to e-books, e-publishing, and self-publishing platforms. By using focusing in particular on post-2000 trends in popular fiction, the book provides a truly up-to-date snapshot of the subject area and its critical contexts. "This groundbreaking collection captures the state of present day popular fiction. It features 20 new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction."--book cover
9781474414869
English fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century
Popular literature--History and criticism.--21st century
Electronic Books.
PN3504 / .T846 2018