Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction, Murphy, Matterson 9781474414852 New^*

Twenty-First-Century Popular FictionAuthor(s): Bernice M. Murphy, Stephen Matterson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781474414852, 978-1474414852\nSynopsis\nProvides a unique snapshot of themes and trends within popular fiction in the twenty-first century\nThis groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction. The lively, accessible and academically rigorous essays presented here cover a wider range of established popular fiction genres such as fantasy, horror and the romance, as well as more niche areas such as Domestic Noir, Steampunk, the New Weird, Nordic Noir and Zombie Lit. The collection will primarily appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students but general reader