An Aesthetics of Junk Fiction by Thomas J. Roberts Ap Are you a serious reader who takes a break from literary authors like Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce to read a good juicy romance, thriller, mystery or science fiction novel? Roberts' primary focus is understanding people's responses to junk fiction, both positive and negative. (Roberts says that he uses the loaded word "junk" as a way of "squarely facing" the fact that he's talking about types of fiction that many people regard with d This book is a great companion piece to Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture/5. · With wit and insight, Thomas J. Roberts reassesses popular writing forms, such as westerns, romances, and fantasies, that are often denigrated and explores the motives and experiences of readers of these genres. Drawing widely from literary criticism, the sociology and psychology of literature, and popular culture, An Aesthetics of Junk Fictionis an incisive examination of our Estimated Reading Time: 40 secs.
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With wit and insight, Thomas J. Roberts reassesses popular writing forms, such as westerns, romances, and fantasies, that are often denigrated and explores the motives and experiences of readers of these genres. Drawing widely from literary criticism, the sociology and psychology of literature. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for An Aesthetics of Junk Fiction by Thomas J. Roberts (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!. Roberts seeks to explain how “junk fiction”—paperback fiction, genre fiction—seems to offer its readers pleasures that are independent of the quality of the individual works within that genre. His most interesting contribution is the contrast between “thick” reading—reading by genre—and “study” reading—reading by monument.
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