The] essays are generally very well done, providing excellent
and succinct overviews of such areas as Westerns, detective novels,
comic books, and writing for children and young adults. "Library
Journal"
On the whole the essays are informative and analytical. The
bibliographies range from two pages for the children's series, Big
Little Books, ' to 11 pages for Detective and Mystery Novels' and
contain material published as early as 1856 as well as material
published in 1987, so coverage for the purposes of scholarly
research is broad. "Reference Books Bulletin"
This collection of bibliographic essays is designed to serve as
a reference to the existing commentary and scholarship on the main
forms of past and present popular literature. It consists of essays
on many of the popular genres including detective and mystery
novels, Westerns, science fiction, romance and gothic novels, comic
books, and writing for children and young adults. Each essay
surveys the historic development of the genre and presents a
critical guide to the reference works on the subject. Also included
are a discussion of research centers and collections of primary and
secondary materials, an evaluative overview of criticism on the
subject, and a checklist of works cited and journals in the
field.
This is the first volume to provide bibliographic access to
information about the major forms of popular literature in the
United States. Increasing reader demand for these popular genres
and the growing trend whereby writers of serious fiction are
'crossing over' into science fiction, murder mysteries, and other
popular forms are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish
between serious and popular literature. Accordingly, the growing
appeal of popular fiction is best understood when placed within the
larger context of American literature and culture.
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