One of the earliest genres that was relegated to the domain of popular literature was the Romance. Kitchen maid romances often written by women were not considered serious enough. The other prevalent romantic story narrated the difficulties faced by two young people engaged in a forbidden love. The second genre that found much favour with the populace was the fantasy. Children’s Literature, the most famous story being Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is also considered as a representative fantasy, the other being science fiction. Issac Asimov remains the master storyteller of these stories of scientific adventures and make-believe kingdoms. In America it was the cowboy cult stories, the Westerns, set in the frontier which were hugely popular with the masses. These were tales of travel, power, male valour and discovery. Their rise in the late 19th century coalesced with the popularity of the murder/ crime stories or mysteries and spy fiction. With a detective in the centre, mysteries created world famous characters such as Auguste Dupin by Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Yet, it is Agatha Christie who continues to remain the queen of crime till today. In India, Satyajit Ray created his own magic with the Feluda stories. The Spy Fiction as a genre was born with Fennimore Cooper but further became popular with the creation of the figure of James Bond by Ian Fleming in the mid 20th century. In recent times, popular literature has embraced a variety of interesting new forms of writing such as comic books, cartoon strips, terribly tiny tales, graphic novels etc which feed on mythology, folk legends, fables and myths of the time. In the forthcoming units, you shall be reading about them in much greater detail and through several examples.
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