From prime-time television shows and graphic novels to the development of computer game expansion packs, the recent explosion of popular serials has provoked renewed interest in the history and economics of serialization, as well as the impact of this cultural form on readers, viewers, and gamers. In this volume, contributors-literary scholars, media theorists, and specialists in comics, graphic novels, and digital culture-examine the economic, narratological, and social effects of serials from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century and offer some predictions of where the form will go from here.

About the Author

Rob Allen is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Thijs van den Berg is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Reviews

"This collection presents an ambitious and original intervention in the field of seriality studies. It captures the workings of serialization as a core principle of modernity by taking stock of a wide range of medial formats and narrative and non-narrative configurations from the nineteenth century to the present time." -- Ruth Mayer, University of Hanover, Germany

Book Information
ISBN 9781138548510
Author Rob Allen
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g