A student introduction examining popoular fictio as 'literature' as part of the mass entertainment industry

There are a growing number of courses in this area, in both literature and cultural studies departments the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere

Ken Gelder has a strong reputation. He's well known in literary circles for his work on Anne Rice and has recently been given Australian government funding to work on a research project in the area of popular fiction

There is no real competition, as our book is the first to conceptualize as well as describe the field and outline how it works and what its key features are.