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Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture

Cawelti, John G.

Paperback

Series: Phoenix Series

Literary CriticismWriting Instruction

ISBN10: 0226098672
ISBN13: 9780226098678
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jul 15 1977
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and Owen Wister's The Virginian in the light of his hypotheses about the cultural function of formula literature. He describes the most important artistic characteristics of popular formula stories and the differences between this literature and that commonly labeled high or serious literature. He also defines the archetypal patterns of adventure, mystery, romance, melodrama, and fantasy, and offers a tentative account of their basis in human psychology.

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