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Abstract Contemporary American Fiction provides an introduction to American fiction since 1970. Offering substantial and detailed interpretations of more than thirty...

One of the most prolific and popular contemporary novelists, Stephen King has a devoted following of captivated readers. This is the first critical work on King to examine his most...

One of America's most noted contemporary novelists, John Irving has created a body of fiction of extraordinary range, moving with ease from romance to fairytale to thriller. Althou...

This chapter reviews the book The Subject of Holocaust Fiction (2015), by Emily Miller Budick. In The Subject of Holocaust Fiction, Budick is not concerned with positions that deni...

This collection showcases the speculative writing of Scottish-born and California-based writer Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99) whose works mark him as one of the forgotten pioneers o...

This chapter studies picaresque and rogue fiction. Though produced in vast quantities, and always entertaining, rogue fiction has rarely been more than a sideshow in serious histor...

Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, uses a popular literary genre, the novel of mystery and suspense, to explore contemporary social issues and the reali...

The English novel written between 1700 and 1740 remains a comparatively neglected area. In addition to Daniel Defoe, whose Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders are landmarks in the hi...