Here are entered works on the theory of fiction genres and works discussing fiction genres collectively. Works on a specific fiction genre are entered under the heading for the genre, e.g. Science fiction.

URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh92001795#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: Genre fiction; Genres, Fiction

Broader Terms:

• Fiction
• Literary form

Sources:

• Work cat.: What do I read next? c1991 (genre fiction)
• LC database, March 17, 1992 (Genre fiction)
• Web. 3 (Genre (gen. def. only; not related to fiction))
• Polking. Writer's encyclopedia, 1983: p. 142 (Genre fiction is a term used in the publishing industry to describe commercial novels, such as mysteries, romances, and science fiction)
• Handbk. lit. terms, 1980: p. 80 (any group of writings with well-defined common characteristics forms a genre)

LC Classification: PN3427

Created: 2000-12-18

Last Modified: 2001-02-01 11:28:16



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