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Page 199
... genre fiction ' is perhaps more appropriate for this commercially- oriented conception of genre . ( It has also been called ' category fiction ' or ' semi - programmed ' fiction . ) Genre fiction emerges when readers seek the security ...
... genre fiction ' is perhaps more appropriate for this commercially- oriented conception of genre . ( It has also been called ' category fiction ' or ' semi - programmed ' fiction . ) Genre fiction emerges when readers seek the security ...
Page 200
... genre writers have transcended the apparent limi- tations of the conventions and subject matter - for example , Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury in science fiction or John Le Carré in spy fiction – while ' serious ' writers have raided genre ...
... genre writers have transcended the apparent limi- tations of the conventions and subject matter - for example , Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury in science fiction or John Le Carré in spy fiction – while ' serious ' writers have raided genre ...
Page 201
... genre up to the present day ) ; they modelled their heroes on their colleagues - public school , Oxbridge , often xeno- phobic and racist and glorying in physical not mental culture . Later spy heroes became ' professionals ' paid a ...
... genre up to the present day ) ; they modelled their heroes on their colleagues - public school , Oxbridge , often xeno- phobic and racist and glorying in physical not mental culture . Later spy heroes became ' professionals ' paid a ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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