Pulp: Reading Popular Fiction

by Scott McCracken

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719047595
• ISBN13: 9780719047596
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"