popular fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandfiction

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofpopularandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That many liminal frontier figures existed during these years, providing inspiration for the writers ofpopularfiction, there can be no question.
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Questions of definition seem even less clear in recent work on women'spopularfiction.
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Detection has been the most-studied variety ofpopularfiction, probably because some examples of the genre are respectable, at least as recreation, even for intellectuals.
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The representational terrain ofpopularfictionbecomes a place in which to articulate and imaginatively control this perceived problem.
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This cultural fantasy is not as easily traced outside the pages ofpopularfiction, nor are its influences as easily delineated as its origins.
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These news items also resembledpopularfictionin the highly suggestive and inflated language in which they were written.
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It may be that the method that works forpopularfictionis too blunt for the explication of ' serious ' fiction.
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Most frame their narratives within the picturesque and slum romance genres employed by tourist guidebooks,popularfictionand city journalists.
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The pictures depicted familiar games, sports and scenes frompopularfictionand plays.
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Clare, in other words, espouses the class philosophy of muchpopularfiction.
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But here in thispopularfictionthe whole civilised trend is being carefully reversed.
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After all, writers ofpopularfictionand producers of plays, films and so on are, for the most part, rather small fry.
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School children and their parents, teachers and the writers ofpopularfictionare all fascinated by the glamour of science.
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His novels have been characterized aspopularfiction, not always liked by high-brow critics, but widely read by ordinary readers.
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The success of these established him firmly as a writer ofpopularfiction.
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In these, he complained that the libraries profit from salaciouspopularfictionwhile refusing to stock serious literary fiction.
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A covenant of loyalty and mutual respect is the basis on which the author ofpopularfictioncontinues his or her work.
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Content is created by the community, and thousands of fighters, both original and frompopularfiction, have been created.
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She intended to use romance novels as an example ofpopularfictionthat focuses on stereotypical characters and plots.
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This also led to printingpopularfictionand poetry.
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