Minor Characters Have Their Day: Genre and the Contemporary Literary Marketplace

by Jeremy Rosen

How do genres develop? In what ways do they reflect changing political and cultural trends? What do they tell us about the motivations of publishers and readers? Combining close readings and formal analysis with a sociology of literary institutions and markets, Minor Characters Have Their Day offers a compelling new approach to genre study and contemporary fiction. Focusing on the booming genre of books that transform minor characters from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231177445
• ISBN13: 9780231177443
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"