Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199214891
- ISBN10 0199214891
- Type Book
- Pages 127
- Collection Very Short Introductions #170
- Published 2007
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- John Sutherland argues that bestseller lists monitor one of the strongest pulses in modern literature and are therefore worthy of serious study.
- Asks what separates bestsellers from canonical fiction, why some critically-acclaimed novels never make it, and examines what bestsellers reveal about both literary culture and society.
- Lifts the lid on the 'bestseller industry', and examines what makes a book into a bestseller.
- Includes lively summaries of bestsellers over the years - including both classic and contemporary novels, alongside some surprising titles and long-forgotten names.
- Gone with the Wind, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Blue Lagoon, Portnoy's Complaint and The Da Vinci Code - these are just some of the bestselling titles that Sutherland discusses.
John Sutherland shows that bestseller lists monitor one of the strongest pulses in modern literature and are therefore worthy of serious study. Along the way, he lifts the lid on the bestseller industry, examines what makes a book into a bestseller, and asks what separates bestsellers from canonical fiction.
Exploring the relationship between bestsellers and the fashions, ideologies, and cultural concerns of the day, the book includes short case-studies and lively summaries of bestsellers through the years: from In His Steps - now almost totally forgotten, but the biggest all-time bestseller between 1895 and 1945, to Gone with the Wind and The Andromeda Strain, and The Da Vinci Code.
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