Language in Popular Fiction - Routledge Revivals

Walter Nash

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Publisher's Synopsis

First published in 1990, Language in Popular Fiction was written to provide a comprehensive and illuminating look at the way language is used in thrillers and romantic fiction.

The book examines the use of language across three interrelated levels: a level of verbal organisation, a level of narrative structure, and a level at which stylistic options and devices are related to notions of gender. It introduces 'the protocol of pulchritude' and makes use of detailed stylistic and linguistic analysis to investigate a wide range of 'popfiction' and 'magfiction'. In doing so, it provokes serious reflection on popular fiction and its claims on the reader.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780367744557
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	01 Dec 2021
DEWEY:	823.9109
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	174
Weight:	453g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm