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"Jane Austen originally wrote for a Regency period audience and would never have predicted the success of her original works. The slew of variations and adaptations of Austen's works in both film and contemporary novels has grown into an industry with a fan-base waiting for more. This collection fills the gap in Austen scholarship between 2000 to the current moment. The authors examine universal and contemporary themes in Austen's literature ranging from classic romance to apocalyptic fiction. Essays cover Austen retellings with a New York City setting, Jane Austen and Islamic culture, and even a plot with zombies. This anthology demonstrates Jane Austen's enduring talent and relevancy"--
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Tammy Powley
Introduction
April Van Camp
Jane Austen in Context
April Van Camp and Tammy Powley
By the Book: Successfully Adapting Jane Austen's Persuasion
Carolyn J. Brown
Virus and Virality: Zombifying the Regency in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the Film
Jon Glover
Manners versus Passion: An Examination of Director Joe Wright's Film Pride and Prejudice
Tammy Powley
The Hispanic Perspective: Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and From Prada to Nada
Camila Alvarez
Unwarranted Disapprovals: The Campaign to Stop Diversity and Inclusiveness in Jane Austen Films
Damianne Candice Scott
Austenland: Being "Ready to Laugh" About Your Favorite Austen Adaptation Tropes
Robin Henry
Ibi Zoboi's Pride Rooted in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Jason D. Solinger
Parody, Pastiche, and Peas: An Appreciation of Whit Stillman's Novel and Film Love & Friendship
Judith Stove
How Do You Prefer Your Pride and Prejudice: With or Without Zombies?
Steven Knapp
Embodying Austen for TV: Bridgerton and Sanditon
Sharmini Kumar
Soniah Kamal's Unmarriageable: What Was Mrs. Bennet's First Name?
Margie Burns
Mansfield Park (1999) versus Mansfield Park (2007): How Do You Solve a Problem Like Fanny Price?
Katie MacLean
"I am not yet so much changed": Turning Persuasion into Captain Wentworth's Diary
Lona Manning
"So altered that he should not have known her again": An Examination of Authenticity in the 2022 Film Persuasion
Natalie Vandenberg
Globalized Austen: Or, the Unsurprising Failure of Postcolonial Ambitions
Mridula Sharma
Lost in a Comedy of Humors: Lost in Austen's Break from Trope
Laura S. Witherington
Uzma Jalaluddin's World: Pride and Prejudice and Ayesha at Last
Alexander Shelby
Major Music, Minor Shades: Music and Cultural Crossovers in Netflix's Bridgerton
Brian E. Siegle
Usability Meets Fictional Worlds: Personas in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sonali Dev's Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Karla Saari Kitalong
In Training for a Heroine: Northanger Abbey (2007)
Judith Stove
Austen Rewritten: Persuasion or
Susan E. Jones
A Quirky, Colorful, Romantic Comedy for the Twenty-First Century: De Wilde's Emma (2020)
Tara Moore
Regency Reimagined in Twenty-First-Century Culture
Annie Line-Van Camp
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Tammy Powley is an associate professor of English and teaches composition and technical communications at Indian River State College in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Her publications consist of academic works as well as commercial "how-to" books and articles for digital media companies. She lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.April Van Camp is a professor of English at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, where she teaches composition and literature. She lives in Fort Pierce.
