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UNINA9910544565503321 |
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Titolo |
Hype : bestsellers and literary culture / / edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm and Ann Steiner |
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Lund, Sweden : , : Nordic Academic Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Books and reading |
Best sellers |
Literature and society |
Book industries and trade |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Serendipity, promotion, and literature; The contemporary book trade and international megasellers; A turn to the rights; The advent and impact of Swedish literary agents; Bestseller culture and its effects on research; The case of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy; Righteous rebellion in fantasy and science fiction for the young; The example of Harry Potter; The mediatized Zlatan; The immigrant's path from provincial otherness to national identity and to a Western literary space; Apocalypse now and again |
Mapping the bestselling classics of the end of the worldThe sheik returns; Imitations and parodies of the desert romance; The artisan and the professional; The origins of modern authorship; Select references; Acknowledgements; About the authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the world of books and literature, "hype" is associated with bestsellerism-the books that sell the most, are read by vast numbers, and constantly talked about in media and staff rooms. Often, it is the success in itself that generates an interest because popularity begets popularity. Quite often though, a hyped bestseller is met with a skeptic |
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criticism of poor language, a badly constructed plot, a predictable story line, or all three. The bestseller phenomenon is sometimes conceived as a threat against "real" literature. Research into the creation, reception, and meaning of bestsellers is |
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