| Author |
Faktorovich, Anna, 1981- author.
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| Publication |
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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| Description |
ix, 214 pages ; 26 cm |
| Call # |
808.3 F |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Chronology of works discussed; Introduction; Chapter 1. Formulaic fiction writing and the history of literary genres; Chapter 2. Fantasy, science fiction and horror; Chapter 3. Romance; Chapter 4. Religious and inspirational; Chapter 5. Mystery and detective. |
| Summary |
"This book creates a taxonomy for the major currently popular and bestselling fictional genres: romance, religious and inspirational, mystery and detective, and science fiction, horror and fantasy. Each of the main chapters looks at the history of a generic form from its earliest roots to its most recent works"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Fiction genres.
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|
Fiction genres. (OCoLC)fst00923772
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| ISBN |
9780786474134 (softcover : alk. paper) : |
|
0786474130 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard # |
40024073182 |
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