Vol. 40 No. 2 (1992)
Research Article

Literary Linkage: The Naming of Serial Novels

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  • Adrian Room
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1992.40.2.123

Published 1992-06-01

Copyright (c) 1992 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

While many writers of serial novels do not devise mutually related titles for their works, some do, especially in popular fiction such as crime novels and children's literature. The titles may be linked either by repetition or by a more subtle device such as variations on a generic theme.

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