Beschreibung:
Austen After 200 explores our contemporary relationship with Jane Austen in the wake of the bicentenaries of her death and the first publication of her novels. The volume begins by looking at Austen's popular appeal and at how she is consumed today in diverse cultural venues such the digisphere, blogosphere, festivals and book clubs. It then offers new approaches to the novels within various critical contexts, including adaptation studies, fan fiction, intertextuality, and more. Collecting these new essays in one volume enables a unique view of the crossovers and divergences in engagements with Austen in different settings, and will help a comparative approach between the popular and the academic to emerge more fully in Austen studies. The book gathers insights from a range of contributors invested in new reading spaces in order to show the creative ways in which we are all adapting as we continue to read Austen's works.
Austen After 200 explores our contemporary relationship with Jane Austen in the wake of the bicentenaries of her death and the first publication of her novels. The volume begins by looking at Austen’s popular appeal and at how she is consumed today in diverse cultural venues such the digisphere, blogosphere, festivals and book clubs. It then offers new approaches to the novels within various critical contexts, including adaptation studies, fan fiction, intertextuality, and more. Collecting these new essays in one volume enables a unique view of the crossovers and divergences in engagements with Austen in different settings, and will help a comparative approach between the popular and the academic to emerge more fully in Austen studies. The book gathers insights from a range of contributors invested in new reading spaces in order to show the creative ways in which we are all adapting as we continue to read Austen’s works.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: 'Gentle humour’ to ‘savage satire’: Austen Obituaries on Her Death, Its Centenary and Bicentenary Chapter 3: Jane Austen and Professional Fanfiction
Chapter 4: Austen Among the Amateurs
Chapter 5: Virtual Sociability and the Online Austen Classroom
Chapter 6: Wearing Austen
Chapter 7: Mr Darcy, Jane Austen’s Imperial Man of Feeling
Chapter 8: Emma, Empire, and the Classics
Chapter 9: Casting Mr Collins; Or How a Zombie Film Returned Us to the Novel
Chapter 10: Lady Susan and Love & Friendship: Laughter, Satire and the Impact of Form
Chapter 11: Blog Softly and Carry a Big Cluebat
Chapter 12: Virtual Jane Con: An Interview with Bianca Hernandez-Knight