The Formulas of Popular Fiction

The Formulas of Popular Fiction
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780786474134
ISBN-13 : 0786474130
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Book Synopsis The Formulas of Popular Fiction by : Anna Faktorovich

Download or read book The Formulas of Popular Fiction written by Anna Faktorovich and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book creates a taxonomy for the major bestselling fictional genres: romance (e.g., authors Heyer, Cartland, Woodiwiss and Roberts), religious and inspirational (Corelli and Douglas), mystery and detective (Conan Doyle, Christie and Mankell), and science fiction, horror and fantasy (Wells, Tolkien, Orwell, Niven, King and Rowling). Chapters look at a genre from its roots to its most recent works. The structural patterns in the plot, characters and setting of these genres are then explained. The book also provides a critique of currently popular hyper-formulaic, hack, unliterary writings that have multiplied in recent decades. Special topics such as the publishing oligopoly and the resulting homogeneity among bestselling works and the steady movement from literary to unliterary fiction are also examined.


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