Genre, Reception, and Adaptation in the 'Twilight' Series

by Jackie C. Horne

Book Overview

Much of the criticism on Stephenie Meyer's immensely popular 'Twilight' novels has underrated or even disparaged the books while belittling the questionable taste of an audience that many believe is being inculcated with anti-feminist values. Avoiding a repetition of such reductive critiques of the series's purported shortcomings with respect to literary merit and political correctness, this volume adopts a cultural studies framework to explore the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138271594
• ISBN13: 9781138271593
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"