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Zusatztext "This is an exciting project! which makes an important and significant contribution to the fields of fan studies and readership studies. Kylie Mirmohamadi's work provides a new perspective on Austen's reception! highlighting in particular the intertextual (in the broadest sense of the word) nature of how Austen is now received and perceived in today's world." - Katie Halsey! University of Stirling! UK Informationen zum Autor Kylie Mirmohamadi is a Research Associate in English and History at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She has published widely in Australian history, garden history, literary studies and cultural studies. Her most recent books, co-authored with Susan K. Martin, are Colonial Dickens: What Australians Made of the World's Favourite Writer (2012) and Sensational Melbourne: Reading, Sensation Fiction and Lady Audley's Secret in the Victorian Metropolis (2011). Klappentext This is the first scholarly study to explore the ever-expanding world of online Austen fandom and fan fiction writing. Using case studies from the Internet writing community and publisher, Wattpad, as well as dedicated fan websites, it illuminates the literary processes and products that have given Austen multiple afterlives in the digital arena. Zusammenfassung This is the first scholarly study to explore the ever-expanding world of online Austen fandom and fan fiction writing. Using case studies from the Internet writing community and publisher! Wattpad! as well as dedicated fan websites! it illuminates the literary processes and products that have given Austen multiple afterlives in the digital arena. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Janeites at the Keyboard 1. Jane Austen's Adventures in Wattpadland 2. Reading (Austen) on Wattpad 3. 'Thanks for Fanning': Online Austen Fan Fiction 4. 'Canon can only get you so far': Janeites Read and Write 'The Bennet Brother' 5. (No) Conclusion Bibliography Index...
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Janeites at the Keyboard 1. Jane Austen's Adventures in Wattpadland 2. Reading (Austen) on Wattpad 3. 'Thanks for Fanning': Online Austen Fan Fiction 4. 'Canon can only get you so far': Janeites Read and Write 'The Bennet Brother' 5. (No) Conclusion Bibliography Index
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"This is an exciting project, which makes an important and significant contribution to the fields of fan studies and readership studies. Kylie Mirmohamadi's work provides a new perspective on Austen's reception, highlighting in particular the intertextual (in the broadest sense of the word) nature of how Austen is now received and perceived in today's world." - Katie Halsey, University of Stirling, UK
