New Adult Fiction

This Element uses new adult fiction as a case study to explore how genres develop in the twenty-first-century literary marketplace. It traces new adult's evolution through three key stages in order to demonstrate the fluidity that characterises contemporary genres. It argues for greater consideration of paratextual factors in studies of genre.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 2009 - New Adult at St Martin's Press; 2. 2011-13 - The New Adult Boom; 3. 2020 - New Adult, A Decade On; Conclusion.

Summary

This Element uses new adult fiction as a case study to explore how genres develop in the twenty-first-century literary marketplace. It traces new adult's evolution through three key stages in order to demonstrate the fluidity that characterises contemporary genres. It argues for greater consideration of paratextual factors in studies of genre.

Product details

• Authors: Jodi McAlister, Jodi (Deakin University Mcalister
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781108827881
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82788-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Relating to early adulthood, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers