Potboilers: Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction

by Jerry Palmer and Mr Jerry Palmer

Book Overview

Potboilers looks at the many forms of popular narrative - in print, film and TV. It considers the ways in they have been analysed in literary criticism, sociology, communications, media and cultural studies.
The book introduces and summarizes two decades of debate about mass-produced fictions and their position within popular culture. It assesses the methods that have been used in these debates, focussing both on narrative analysis and the communications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415009782
• ISBN13: 9780415009782
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"