Island genres, genre islands : conceptualisation and representation in popular fiction

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Island genres, genre islands : conceptualisation and representation in popular fiction

Ralph Crane and Lisa Fletcher

(Rethinking the island / series editors, Elaine Stratford, Godfrey Baldacchino, Elizabeth McMahon)

Rowman & Littlefield International, c2017

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Bibliography: p.179-195

Includes index

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'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 genres-crime fiction, thrillers, popular romance fiction, and fantasy fiction-Crane 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 Agatha's Christie's islands, the role of the island in 'Bondspace,' the romantic islophilia of Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island series, and the archipelagic geography of Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea. Crane and Fletcher's book will appeal to specialists in literary studies and cultural geography, as well as in island studies.

目次

Introduction: Reading Genre Islands/ Part I: Island Crime, Crime Islands/ 1 The Body on the Island: The Insular Geography of Crime Fiction/ 2 Whodunit? Agatha Christie's Islands/ 3 The Postcolonial Geography of Island Crime: G. W. Kent's Solomon Island Series/ Part II: Island Thrillers, Thriller Islands/ 4 Top Secret Islands: The Geography of Espionage and Adventure/ 5 Paradise Threatened: The Bond Islands/ 6 The Proximity of Islands: Dirk Pitt's Insular Adventures / Part III: Island Romance, Romance Islands/ 7 I Islands: The Emotional Geography of Popular Romance/ 8 Love on the Isle of Man: Margaret Evans Porter's The Islanders Series/ 9 The Island Happy Ever After: Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island Trilogy/ Part IV: Island Fantasy, Fantasy Islands/ 10 Islands of the World: The Archipelagic Geography of Fantasy Fiction/ 11 Putting Islands on the Fantasy Map: Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea/ 12 An Imaginary Water World: Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Trilogy/ Epilogue/ Bibliography/ Index

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  • Rethinking the island

    series editors, Elaine Stratford, Godfrey Baldacchino, Elizabeth McMahon

    Rowman & Littlefield International

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