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Author Drew, Bernard A. (Bernard Alger), 1950-

Title Literary afterlife : the posthumous continuations of 325 authors' fictional characters / Bernard A. Drew
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 408 pages)
Contents Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Action and Adventure; Classics (18th Century and Earlier); Classics (19th Century); Classics (20th Century); Crime and Mystery; Espionage; Fantasy and Horror; Humor; Juveniles (19th Century); Juveniles (20th Century); Poets; Pulps; Romances; Science Fiction; Westerns; Bibliography; Index
Summary "This reference book describes literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors. It includes series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name and posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-341) and index
Notes English
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Subject Fictitious characters.
Persona (Literature)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Characters and characteristics in literature.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Characters and characteristics in literature
Fictitious characters
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Persona (Literature)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009037844
ISBN 9780786457212
078645721X
1282542656
9781282542655
9786612542657
6612542659