The Case for Fanfiction - Exploring the Pleasures and Practices of a Maligned Craft (Paperback)

Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fan fiction-a genre criticized as tasteless and derivative-and other ""guilty pleasure"" reading (and writing) including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between ""fanfic"" and intellectual property is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction. ""Absorbed reading""-the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically ""reading from a distance""-is a strong motive for fanfiction's appropriation of canon characters and worlds.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Ashley J Barner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-6877-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-4766-6877-9
Barcode:	9781476668772

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