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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781182303321

Autore

Drew Bernard A (Bernard Alger), <1950->

Titolo

Literary afterlife [[electronic resource] ] : the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters / / Bernard A. Drew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, NC, : McFarland & Co., 2010

ISBN

1-282-54265-6

9786612542657

0-7864-5721-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Disciplina

809.927

Soggetti

Fictitious characters

Persona (Literature)

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Characters and characteristics in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Action and Adventure; Classics (18th Century and Earlier); Classics (19th Century); Classics (20th Century); Crime and Mystery; Espionage; Fantasy and Horror; Humor; Juveniles (19th Century); Juveniles (20th Century); Poets; Pulps; Romances; Science Fiction; Westerns; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and ""biographies"" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following ca