ABSTRACT

In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|44 pages

Adult-to-Child Crossover Fiction

chapter Chapter Two|24 pages

Rewriting for Another Audience

chapter Chapter Three|50 pages

Child-to-Adult Crossover Fiction

chapter Chapter Four|28 pages

All Ages Fantasy

chapter Chapter Five|16 pages

Authors Crossing Over

chapter Chapter Six|52 pages

Publishers and the Marketplace

chapter Chapter Seven|20 pages

Paratexts and Packaging

chapter |22 pages

Epilogue

Causes and Consequences of the Current Crossover Craze