Chronology of works discussed; Introduction; Chapter 1. Formulaic fiction writing and the history of literary genres; Chapter 2. Fantasy, science fiction and horror; Chapter 3. Romance; Chapter 4. Religious and inspirational; Chapter 5. Mystery and detective
Summary
"This book creates a taxonomy for the major currently popular and bestselling fictional genres: romance, religious and inspirational, mystery and detective, and science fiction, horror and fantasy. Each of the main chapters looks at the history of a generic form from its earliest roots to its most recent works"-- Provided by publisher
