Minor characters have their day :

Rosen, Jeremy,

Minor characters have their day : genre and the contemporary literary marketplace / Jeremy Rosen. - 1 online resource (278 pages) - Literature now . - Literature Now. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: three axes of genre study -- Active readers and flexible forms: the emergence of minor-character elaboration, 1966-1971 -- The real and imaginary politics of minor character elaboration, 1983-2014 -- "An insatiable market" for minor characters: genre in the contemporary literary marketplace -- The logic of characters' virtual lives -- Coda: genre as telescopic method.

9780231542401 (e-book)


Characters and characteristics in literature.


Electronic books.

PN3411 / .R67 2016

809/.927