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

• Autore: Drew Bernard A (Bernard Alger), <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Jefferson, NC, : McFarland & Co., 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.927
• Soggetto topico: Fictitious characters; Persona (Literature); Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Characters and characteristics in literature
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Literary afterlife
• ISBN: 1-282-54265-6; 9786612542657; 0-7864-5721-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781182303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II