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Island genres, genre islands : conceptualization and representation in popular fiction /
The first book length study of the conceptualization and representation of islands in popular fiction.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Rowman & Littlefield International,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Rethinking the island
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustration Acknowledgements; Introduction: Reading Genre Islands ; Part I Island Crime, Crime Islands; Chapter One The Body on the Island: The Insular Geography of Crime Fiction; Notes; Chapter Two Whodunit?: Agatha Christie's Islands; Notes; Chapter Three The Postcolonial Geography of Island Crime: G.W. Kent's Solomon Islands Series; Notes; Part II Island Thrillers, Thriller Islands; Chapter Four Top Secret Islands: The Geography of Espionage and Adventure; Notes.
- Chapter Five Paradise Threatened: The Bond IslandsNotes; Chapter Six The Proximity of Islands: Dirk Pitt's Insular Adventures; Notes; Part III Island Romance, Romance Islands; Chapter Seven I e Islands: The Emotional Geography of Popular Romance; Notes; Chapter Eight Love on the Isle of Man: Margaret Evan Porter's The Islanders Series; Notes; Chapter Nine The Island Happy Ever After: Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island Trilogy; Notes; Part IV Island Fantasy, Fantasy Islands; Chapter Ten Islands of the World: The Archipelagic Geography of Fantasy Fiction; Magic Kingdom For Sale; Notes.
- Chapter Eleven Putting Islands on the Fantasy Map: Ursula K. Le Guin's EarthseaNotes; Chapter Twelve An Imaginary Water World: Robin Hobb's The Liveship Traders Trilogy; Notes; Epilogue; Bibliography; Primary Sources-Crime; Primary Sources-Thrillers; Primary Sources-Romance; Primary Sources-Fantasy; Primary Sources-Other; Secondary Sources; Index.