Pulp Reading Popular Fiction

Scott McCracken

Paperback (06 Aug 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the best seller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. It combines a lucid and 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. Scott Mc Cracken argues that popular fiction serves a vital function: it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity.

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Manchester University Press

Founded in 1904, MUP is the third largest University Press in England and publishes monographs and textbooks by authors from all over the world. Currently publishing 145 new books a year and managing a portfolio of 14 journals as well as an extensive backlist of over 1000 titles, the Press sells more than 150,000 books each year to a global audience. The Press exports some 50 percent of output to more than 60 countries using representatives in Britain, Ireland and Europe and agents elsewhere including North America, Canada and Australia.

Book information

ISBN:	9780719047596
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Pub date:	06 Aug 1998
DEWEY:	823.91409
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	209
Weight:	288g
Height:	217mm
Width:	145mm
Spine width:	15mm