Bücher der Reihe Genres in Context

Parke surveys biography from classical times to the present, focusing her analysis on Western culture, and providing detailed readings of works by James Boswell, Richard Ellman, and Gertrude Stein (who together represent the variety of modern literary biography).

Traces travel writing's evolution from classical times to the present, focusing on Anglo-American work since the eighteenth century. Examines texts by James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, Naipaul and Chatwin.

One of the best known, most enduring, and popular genres in all of literature is the fairy tale. Its origins stretch back to preliterate oral societies. This book surveys the origins and evolution into the modern versions we recognize today.

This comprehensive study traces the evolution of nature writing from the pastoralism of Aristotle and Virgil to current American writers. It is illustrated by close readings of writers such as Thoreau, John Muir and Mary Austin.

A broad overview of the evolution of science fiction, from the early twentieth century dime store novel to the soft agenda SF of the '90s. Authors examined include E. M. Forster, John W. Campbell, Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin.

From "The Odyssey" to "The Old Man and the Sea", the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here, including a full historical perspective supported by discussions of key texts.