Minor characters have their day : genre and the contemporary literary marketplace /

How do genres develop? In what ways do they reflect changing political and cultural trends? What do they tell us about the motivations of publishers and readers? Combining close readings and formal analysis with a sociology of literary institutions and markets, 'Minor Characters Have Their Day&...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosen, Jeremy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Series:Literature Now.
Subjects:
Characters and characteristics in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: three axes of genre study
  • Active readers and flexible forms: the emergence of minor-character elaboration, 1966-1971
  • The real and imaginary politics of minor character elaboration, 1983-2014
  • "An insatiable market" for minor characters: genre in the contemporary literary marketplace
  • The logic of characters' virtual lives
  • Coda: genre as telescopic method.

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