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This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical
force of Austen's work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth
century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen
materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and
amateur theatricals, passing through mid-twentieth-century
representations in Scotland and America. The book concludes with an
examination of Austen fandom based on an online survey conducted by
the author, which elicited over 300 responses from fans across the
globe. Through the lens of performative theory, this volume
explores how Austen, her work and its afterlives, have aided the
formation of collective and personal identity; how they have helped
bring people together across the generations; and how they have had
key psychological, pedagogical and therapeutic functions for an
ever growing audience. Ultimately, this book explains why Austen
remains the most beloved author in English Literature.
This volume explores the multiple connections between the two most
canonical authors in English, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.
The collection reflects on the historical, literary, critical and
filmic links between the authors and their fates. Considering the
implications of the popular cult of Austen and Shakespeare, the
essays are interdisciplinary and comparative: ranging from Austen's
and Shakespeare's biographies to their presence in the modern
vampire saga Twilight, passing by Shakespearean echoes in Austen's
novels and the authors' afterlives on the improv stage, in wartime
cinema, modern biopics and crime fiction. The volume concludes with
an account of the Exhibition "Will & Jane" at the Folger
Shakespeare Library, which literally brought the two authors
together in the autumn of 2016. Collectively, the essays mark and
celebrate what we have called the long-standing "love affair"
between William Shakespeare and Jane Austen-over 200 years and
counting.
This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical
force of Austen's work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth
century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen
materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and
amateur theatricals, passing through mid-twentieth-century
representations in Scotland and America. The book concludes with an
examination of Austen fandom based on an online survey conducted by
the author, which elicited over 300 responses from fans across the
globe. Through the lens of performative theory, this volume
explores how Austen, her work and its afterlives, have aided the
formation of collective and personal identity; how they have helped
bring people together across the generations; and how they have had
key psychological, pedagogical and therapeutic functions for an
ever growing audience. Ultimately, this book explains why Austen
remains the most beloved author in English Literature.
This volume explores the multiple connections between the two most
canonical authors in English, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.
The collection reflects on the historical, literary, critical and
filmic links between the authors and their fates. Considering the
implications of the popular cult of Austen and Shakespeare, the
essays are interdisciplinary and comparative: ranging from Austen's
and Shakespeare's biographies to their presence in the modern
vampire saga Twilight, passing by Shakespearean echoes in Austen's
novels and the authors' afterlives on the improv stage, in wartime
cinema, modern biopics and crime fiction. The volume concludes with
an account of the Exhibition "Will & Jane" at the Folger
Shakespeare Library, which literally brought the two authors
together in the autumn of 2016. Collectively, the essays mark and
celebrate what we have called the long-standing "love affair"
between William Shakespeare and Jane Austen-over 200 years and
counting.
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