The sheer mass of allusion to popular literature in the writings of James Joyce is daunting. Using theories developed by Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin, R. B. K

The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, a

In this pioneering work Victor Neuberg has assembled a wealth of information about popular literature, from the invention of the printing press to the present.

In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of

Bring on the Books for Everybody is an engaging assessment of the robust popular literary culture that has developed in the United States during the past two de