Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories.

This collection of new essays explores various ways of reading, interpreting and using digital comics.

What makes a successful comics creator?

Comics and the punk movement are inextricably linked--each has a foundational do-it-yourself ethos and a nonconformist spirit defiant of authority.

The debate surrounding the Christian aspects of C.

Carl Hiaasen has been described as "e;one of the funniest crime writers in decades,"e; "e;America's finest satirical novelist,"e; and a "e;great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, greed, vanity, and disappointment.

Stephen King is one of the most successful authors in the history of American literature.

As video gaming and gaming culture became more mainstream in the 1970s, science fiction authors began to incorporate aspects of each into their work.

The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and strong growth in the mass-market publishing industry.

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s.

There is a new category of authors blurring the line between fiction and nonfiction: women who work or have worked in criminal justice--lawyers, police officers and forensic investigators--who publish crime fiction with characters that resemble real-life counterparts.

We live in an information economy, a vast archive of data ever at our fingertips.

Vampire narratives are generally thought of as adult or young adult fare, yet there is a long history of their appearance in books, film and other media meant for children.

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend has spawned a series of iconic horror and science fiction films, including The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007).

Australian crime fiction has grown from the country's origins as an 18th-century English prison colony.

Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show's main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment.

At the heart of crime fiction is an investigation into an act of violence.

Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth.

Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters.

Central to every vampire story is the undead's need for human blood, but equally compelling is the human ingestion of vampire blood, which often creates a bond.

From wondrous fairy-lands to nightmarish hellscapes, the elements that make fantasy worlds come alive also invite their exploration.

Under the threat of climate change, corruption, inequality and injustice, Americans may feel they are living in a dystopian novel come to life.

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A childhood comic book fan turned comic book retailer, the author soon discovered the prevalence of scams in the world of comics collecting.

By mid-career, many successful writers have found a groove and their readers come to expect a familiar consistency and fidelity.

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This companion to Frank Herbert's six original Dune novels--Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune--provides an encyclopedia of characters, locations, terms and other elements, and highlights the series' underrated aesthetic integrity.

Alternate Worlds was first published in 1975 and became an instant classic, winning a Hugo award.

American Gothic literature inherited many time-worn tropes from its English Gothic precursor, along with a core preoccupation: anxiety about power and property.

Contemporary American horror literature for children and young adults has two bold messages for readers: adults are untrustworthy, unreliable and often dangerous; and the monster always wins (as it must if there is to be a sequel).

Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics.

From Victor Halperin's White Zombie (1932) to George A.

Hugo Award winning writer James Gunn (1923-2020) has been called "e;the last Golden Age author"e; of science fiction.

This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network's hit television series Arrow--based on DC Comic's Green Arrow--and its spin-offs The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

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Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language.

Stephen King, "e;America's Favorite Boogeyman,"e; has sold over 350 million copies of his books, becoming in effect the face of horror fiction.

Lauded by critics yet largely unappreciated by fans of horror and "e;weird fiction,"e; T.

Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias.

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Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses.

Nineteenth-century Britain gave birth to the fantasy novel and the science fiction novel--two of today's most popular genres.

Toys--those celebrated childhood cohorts and lead actors in children's imaginative play--have a fantastic history of heroism in fiction.

Looming onto the television landscape in 2011, American Horror Story gave viewers a weekly dose of psychological unease and gruesome violence.

British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.

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Since the middle of the last century, views on gender norms have shifted dramatically.

One of the major figures in science fiction for more than sixty years, James Gunn has been instrumental in making the genre one of the most vibrant and engaging areas of literary scholarship.