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Author Wells, Juliette, 1977- author.

Title Everybody's Jane : Austen in the popular imagination / Juliette Wells
Published London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: approaching Austen in the popular imagination -- Alberta H. Burke, Austen omnivore -- Reading like an amateur -- Getting closer to Austen : literary tourism -- Envisioning Austen: portraits, fiction, film -- American Austen hybrids : sex, horror/paranormal, faith -- Coming together through Austen
Summary The first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her, and why they create works of fiction and nonfiction inspired by her novels and life. The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore. Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen, and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica, or explicit Christianity. Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Influence
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Adaptations
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- In mass media
SUBJECT Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 fast
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Art appreciation
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mass media
Genre/Form Adaptations
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011025052
ISBN 9781441118998
1441118993
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9781283478311
9781474211390
1474211399
9781441111166
9786613478313
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1441111166
9781441111166
Other Titles Austen in the popular imagination