The first book length study of the conceptualization and representation of islands in popular fiction.
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Ralph Crane is Professor of English at the University of Tasmania. He has written or edited over twenty books, and published numerous journal articles and book chapters, mainly in the area of colonial and postcolonial fictions. His recent work includes several publications in the area of island studies.
Lisa Fletcher is Associate Professor of English at the University of Tasmania. She is the author of Historical Romance Fiction: Heterosexuality and Performativity (2008) and the editor of Popular Fiction and Spatiality: Reading Genre Settings (2016). Her current research focuses on popular fiction in the twenty-first century.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Island Genres, Genre Islands' moves the debate about literature and place onto new ground by exploring the island settings of bestsellers. Through a focus on four key genrescrime fiction, thrillers, popular romance fiction, and fantasy fictionCrane and Fletcher show that genre is fundamental to both the textual representation of real and imagined islands and to actual knowledges and experiences of islands. The book offers broad, comparative readings of the significance of islandness in each of the four genres as well as detailed case studies of major authors and texts. These include chapters on Agathas Christies islands, the role of the island in Bondspace, the romantic islophilia of Nora Robertss Three Sisters Island series, and the archipelagic geography of Ursula Le Guins Earthsea. Crane and Fletchers book will appeal to specialists in literary studies and cultural geography, as well as in island studies. The first book length study of the conceptualization and representation of islands in popular fiction. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781783482061
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