| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Rethinking the island |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustration Acknowledgements; Introduction: Reading Genre Islands ; Part I Island Crime, Crime Islands; Chapter One The Body on the Island: The Insular Geography of Crime Fiction; Notes; Chapter Two Whodunit?: Agatha Christie's Islands; Notes; Chapter Three The Postcolonial Geography of Island Crime: G.W. Kent's Solomon Islands Series; Notes; Part II Island Thrillers, Thriller Islands; Chapter Four Top Secret Islands: The Geography of Espionage and Adventure; Notes |
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Chapter Five Paradise Threatened: The Bond IslandsNotes; Chapter Six The Proximity of Islands: Dirk Pitt's Insular Adventures; Notes; Part III Island Romance, Romance Islands; Chapter Seven I e Islands: The Emotional Geography of Popular Romance; Notes; Chapter Eight Love on the Isle of Man: Margaret Evan Porter's The Islanders Series; Notes; Chapter Nine The Island Happy Ever After: Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island Trilogy; Notes; Part IV Island Fantasy, Fantasy Islands; Chapter Ten Islands of the World: The Archipelagic Geography of Fantasy Fiction; Magic Kingdom For Sale; Notes |
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Chapter Eleven Putting Islands on the Fantasy Map: Ursula K. Le Guin's EarthseaNotes; Chapter Twelve An Imaginary Water World: Robin Hobb's The Liveship Traders Trilogy; Notes; Epilogue; Bibliography; Primary Sources-Crime; Primary Sources-Thrillers; Primary Sources-Romance; Primary Sources-Fantasy; Primary Sources-Other; Secondary Sources; Index |
| Summary |
The first book length study of the conceptualization and representation of islands in popular fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2017) |
| Subject |
Islands in literature.
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Fiction genres.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Fiction genres.
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Islands in literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fletcher, Lisa, 1972- author.
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| LC no. |
2017009797 |
| ISBN |
9781783482078 |
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1783482079 |
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