Boom!
Manufacturing Memoir for the Popular Market
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Anthologies
| Author: | Julie Rak | ISBN: | 9781554589418 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | June 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julie Rak |
| ISBN: | 9781554589418 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Publication: | June 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Language: | English |
Introduction
Identifying the Memoir Industry - Julie Rak
This chapter introduces the memoir boom as an effect of the publishing and bookselling industries, and creates a theory of genre to explain how popular non-fiction reading has become. It argues for taking serioulsy the production, consumption, and reception of popular texts, and it explains why the backlash against memoir has become so virulent.
Introduction
Identifying the Memoir Industry - Julie Rak
This chapter introduces the memoir boom as an effect of the publishing and bookselling industries, and creates a theory of genre to explain how popular non-fiction reading has become. It argues for taking serioulsy the production, consumption, and reception of popular texts, and it explains why the backlash against memoir has become so virulent.
