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Bloom, Clive.

 

  • Bestsellers[electronic resource] :popular fiction since 1900 /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 823/.9109
    書名/作者: Bestsellers : popular fiction since 1900 // Clive Bloom.
    作者: Bloom, Clive.
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, c2008.
    面頁冊數: xx, 425 p.
    附註: Includes index.
    標題: English fiction - History and criticism. - 20th century
    標題: Popular literature - History and criticism. - Great Britain
    標題: Books and reading - History - 20th century. - Great Britain
    標題: Best sellers - Bibliography. - Great Britain
    ISBN: 9780230583870
    ISBN: 0230583873
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-391) and indexes.
    內容註: -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Origins, Problems and Philosophy of the Bestseller -- How the British Read -- Genre: History and Form -- Literature for Children -- Further Thoughts on Literature for Children -- Bestselling Authors Since 1900 -- Appendices --Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    摘要、提要註: What fiction have we been reading in the last hundred years? Who arethe most popular authors and what are the most popular books and the most important genres? Such straightforward questions raise intriguing literary, cultural, social and intellectual responses which often require much detective work in the annals of lost literature. Fully revised and updated, this second edition includes anew introduction which features additional information on the influence of television (especially the 'Richard and Judy' book club); the importance of Scottish literature; the rise of Black and AsianBritish writers; the continuing importance of the romance and detective genres, including hybrid genres such as 'vampire romance'; and current trends in publishing and bookselling. There are new chapters on the themes of British literature and on children's writing since 1900, including discussion Beatrix Potter, AA Milne, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Philip Pullman, as well as manynewentries to the present day including bestsellers such as Dan Brown. The essential guide to best-selling books, authors and genres since 1900, providing a unique insight into a century of publishing and reading for specialists and non-specialists alike.
    電子資源: access to fulltext (Palgrave)
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