Ralph Crane is Professor and Head of English at the University of Tasmania. He has written or edited over twenty books, and published numerous journal articles and book chapters, mainly in the area of colonial and postcolonial fictions. His recent work includes several publications in the area of island studies.
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Introduction: Reading Genre Islands Part I: Island Crime, Crime Islands 1 The Body on the Island: The Insular Geography of Crime Fiction 2 Whodunit? Agatha Christie's Islands 3 The Postcolonial Geography of Island Crime: G. W. Kent's Solomon Island Series Part II: Island Thrillers, Thriller Islands 4 Top Secret Islands: The Geography of Espionage and Adventure 5 Paradise Threatened: The Bond Islands 6 The Proximity of Islands: Dirk Pitt's Insular Adventures Part III: Island Romance, Romance Islands 7 I ¿Islands: The Emotional Geography of Popular Romance 8 Love on the Isle of Man: Margaret Evans Porter's The Islanders Series 9 The Island Happy Ever After: Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island Trilogy Part IV: Island Fantasy, Fantasy Islands 10 Islands of the World: The Archipelagic Geography of Fantasy Fiction 11 Putting Islands on the Fantasy Map: Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea 12 An Imaginary Water World: Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Trilogy Epilogue Bibliography Index
Introduction: Reading Genre Islands Part I: Island Crime, Crime Islands 1 The Body on the Island: The Insular Geography of Crime Fiction 2 Whodunit? Agatha Christie's Islands 3 The Postcolonial Geography of Island Crime: G. W. Kent's Solomon Island Series Part II: Island Thrillers, Thriller Islands 4 Top Secret Islands: The Geography of Espionage and Adventure 5 Paradise Threatened: The Bond Islands 6 The Proximity of Islands: Dirk Pitt's Insular Adventures Part III: Island Romance, Romance Islands 7 I ¿Islands: The Emotional Geography of Popular Romance 8 Love on the Isle of Man: Margaret Evans Porter's The Islanders Series 9 The Island Happy Ever After: Nora Roberts's Three Sisters Island Trilogy Part IV: Island Fantasy, Fantasy Islands 10 Islands of the World: The Archipelagic Geography of Fantasy Fiction 11 Putting Islands on the Fantasy Map: Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea 12 An Imaginary Water World: Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Trilogy Epilogue Bibliography Index
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