Brings 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 detailed readings of Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Colin Dexter, William Gibson, Stephen King, Iain Banks, Terry McMillan and Walter Mosley. The author argues that popular fiction serves a vital function in the late-20th century: it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity.
- ISBN10 0719047587
- ISBN13 9780719047589
- Publish Date 6 August 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 February 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English