Hybrid genre: History and Key Facts
A hybrid genre is a literary or film genre that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.
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Negasonic Teenage Warhead: History and Key Facts
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Eloise Olivia "Ellie" Phimister) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jacobin novel: History and Key Facts
Jacobin novels were written between 1780 and 1805 by British radicals who supported the ideals of the French Revolution.
Insha: History and Key Facts
The Arabic word insha (Arabic: إنشاء, romanized: inshā’) means "construction", or "creation".
Joseimuke: History and Key Facts
Joseimuke (女性向け) is a Japanese term that is used to refer to a category of media specifically intended to be "targeted towards women." The Japanese word joseimuke (女性向け) directly translates to "a
Pussycat (comics): History and Key Facts
Pussycat is a fictional comic book character who originally appeared in black-and-white strips printed in men's magazines published by Magazine Management Company between 1965 and 1972.
Legend: History and Key Facts
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history.
Lad lit: History and Key Facts
Lad lit was a term used principally from the 1990s to the early 2010s to describe male-authored popular novels about young men and their emotional and personal lives.
Ravager (DC Comics): History and Key Facts
Ravager is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.
Libertine novel: History and Key Facts
The libertine novel was an 18th-century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition.
Legendary (hagiography): History and Key Facts
A legendary (Latin: legendarius) is a collection of saints' lives.
Abigail Adams and Her Times: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Abigail Adams and Her Times by Laura E. Howe Richards: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 12 original MP3 tracks, 6:19:11 running time and a link to listen.
The Able McLaughlins: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 17 original MP3 tracks, 8:07:03 running time and a link to listen.
The Abominations of Modern Society: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Abominations of Modern Society by Thomas Dewitt Talmage: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 16 original MP3 tracks, 6:02:56 running time and a link to listen.
Life writing: History and Key Facts
Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends.
List of Western subgenres: History and Key Facts
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico a
Red Robin (identity): History and Key Facts
Red Robin is a name that has been used by several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Literary fairy tale: History and Key Facts
A literary fairy tale is a fairy tale that differs from an oral folktale in that it is written by "a single identifiable author", as defined by Jens Tismar's monograph.
Literary diary: History and Key Facts
A literary diary is a subgenre of diary writing that is read and analysed as literature.
Robin (character): History and Key Facts
Robin is the alias of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Memoir: History and Key Facts
A memoir (; from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories.
The Rocketeer (character): History and Key Facts
The Rocketeer is a comic book superhero, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens.
Menippean satire: History and Key Facts
The genre of Menippean satire is a form of satire, usually in prose, that is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific individuals or entities.
Merveilleux scientifique: History and Key Facts
Merveilleux scientifique (also spelled with a hyphen: merveilleux-scientifique, literally translated "scientific marvelous") is a literary genre that developed in France from the end of the 19th
Metahistorical romance: History and Key Facts
Metahistorical romance is a term describing postmodern historical fiction, defined by Amy J.
Misery literature: History and Key Facts
Misery literature, also called misery lit, misery porn, misery memoirs and trauma porn, is a literary genre dwelling on trauma, mental and physical abuse, destitution, or other enervating trials
Muwashshah: History and Key Facts
Muwashshah (Arabic: مُوَشَّح muwaššaḥ 'girdled'; plural مُوَشَّحَات muwaššaḥāt; also تَوْشِيْح tawšīḥ 'girdling,' pl.
Mystery fiction: History and Key Facts
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, often a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story.
Nasīb (poetry): History and Key Facts
Nasīb (Arabic: النسيب) is an Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory prelude to the type of long poem called a qaṣīdah.' However, although at the beginning of the form's de
Super Commando Dhruva: History and Key Facts
Super Commando Dhruva is an Indian comic book superhero character appearing in comic books published by Raj Comics.
Super Duck: History and Key Facts
Super Duck was a comic book character created in 1943 for what was then MLJ Comics (now Archie Comics) by staff artist Al Fagaly.
Nautical fiction: History and Key Facts
Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human re
New adult fiction: History and Key Facts
New adult (NA) fiction is a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–29 age bracket.
Tubby Tompkins: History and Key Facts
Tubby Tompkins, generally referred to as Tubby, is a comic book character created by Marjorie Henderson Buell.
The forged coupon, and other stories: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The forged coupon, and other stories: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
A Study in Scarlet: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
A Study in Scarlet: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Troilus and Criseyde: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
Troilus and Criseyde: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Ballads of a Cheechako: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
Ballads of a Cheechako: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.