Cult fiction
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Broadly the category can be divided in two, cult because of [[thematic literary criticism|content]] and because of [[Experimental literature|form]]. | Broadly the category can be divided in two, cult because of [[thematic literary criticism|content]] and because of [[Experimental literature|form]]. | ||
- | The term cult fiction (first attested in the late 1980s) is probably a calque from [[cult movies]] or cult films, a term which as been in use since the late 1960s and early 1970s. | + | The term cult fiction (first attested in the late 1980s) is probably a calque from [[cult movies]] or cult films, a term which as been in use since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before this, it was the province of [[bibliophile]]s. |
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Cult fiction is a term used to denote fiction that has attracted a cult following. This category does not include non-fiction.
On a general level, books that tend to attract a cult following include banned books, transgressive fiction, controversial books, erotic literature, drug literature, rants and incendiary tracts and some genre fiction. The earliest compilation of cult fiction was the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books) by the Catholic church, although most books on that list were non-fiction.
Broadly the category can be divided in two, cult because of content and because of form.
The term cult fiction (first attested in the late 1980s) is probably a calque from cult movies or cult films, a term which as been in use since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Before this, it was the province of bibliophiles.
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Bibliography
Avant la lettre
- Curiosities of Literature (4 vols. 1791-1823; single vol. 1824) by Isaac D'Israeli
- Anthology of Black Humor (1940) by André Breton
As a genre
- Cult Fiction: A Reader's Guide (1998) by Andrew Calcutt and Richard Shephard
- Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory (1998) by Clive Bloom
- Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature (1992) by Thomas Reed Whissen
- The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction (2005) by various
See also