Probes the origins, literary characteristics, and sociohistorical roots of the thriller to reveal the factors underlying the development and increasing popularity of the genre

Thrillers: Genesis and Structure of a Popular Genre

PALMER, Jerry

St.Martin's

Potboilers looks at the many forms of popular narrative - in print, film and TV. It considers the ways in they have been analysed in literary criticism, sociology, communications, media and cultural studies. The book introduces and summarizes two decades of debate about mass-produced fictions and their position within popular culture. It assesses the methods that have been used in these debates, focussing both on narrative analysis and the communications process. It explores generic conventions, the role of commercial strategies, and the nature of the audience with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcom. Distinctions between `high' and `low' culture have relegated many popular forms to the trash-can of `great' literature. This book takes stock of the methods and concepts used to analyse popular culture and argues for a non-elitist approach to the study of literature, film and television.

Potboilers: Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction (Communication and Society)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Routledge

Palmer, Mr Jerry

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Taking Humour Seriously

Humor & Satire

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Thrillers: Genesis and structure of a popular genre

Probes the origins, literary characteristics, and sociohistorical roots of the thriller to reveal the factors underlying the development and increasing popularity of the genre

E. Arnold

Spinning into Control: News Values and Source Strategies (Leicester University Press Studies in Communication & Society)

Ground-breaking in its analysis of the relationship between journalists and sources, Spinning into Control is a useful and colorful introduction to the key issues of contemporary news reporting for students of media/communication and journalism. Fundamental to this relationship is the question of the values that determine which events are selected as "newsworthy" and which are neglected. The book provides a case study-based account of how information flows in news reporting.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Leicester University Press

Ground-breaking in its analysis of the relationship between journalists and sources, Spinning into Control is a useful and colorful introduction to the key issues of contemporary news reporting for students of media/communication and journalism. Fundamental to this relationship is the question of the values that determine which events are selected as "newsworthy" and which are neglected. The book provides a case study-based account of how information flows in news reporting.

The Logic of the Absurd: On Film and Television Comedy

Television

British Film Inst

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

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Thrillers: Genesis and Structure of a Popular Genre

Potboilers: Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction (Communication and Society)

Potboilers: Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction (Communication and Society)

Taking Humour Seriously

Taking Humour Seriously

Thrillers: Genesis and structure of a popular genre

Spinning into Control: News Values and Source Strategies (Leicester University Press Studies in Communication & Society)

Spinning into Control: News Values and Source Strategies (Leicester University Press Studies in Communication & Society)

The Logic of the Absurd: On Film and Television Comedy

The Logic of the Absurd: On Film and Television Comedy