Jane Austen and Co. by Suzanne R Pucci

Jane Austen and Co. by Suzanne R Pucci

Examines recent Austen remakes as well as other "post-heritage" films and television shows to show how the past is reshaped for a contemporary market. Jane Austen and Co. explores the ways in which classical novels-particularly, but not exclusively, those of Jane Austen-have been transformed into artifacts of contemporary popular culture. Examining recent films, television shows, Internet sites, and even historical tours, the book turns from the question of Austen's contemporary appeal to a broader consideration of other late-twentieth-century remakes, including Dangerous Liaisons, Dracula, Lolita, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Taken together, the essays in Jane Austen and Co. offer a wide-ranging model for understanding how all of these texts-visual, literary, touristic, British, American, French-reshape the past in the new fashions, styles, media, and desires of the present. Contributors include Virginia L. Blum, Mike Crang, Madeline Dobie, Denise Fulbrook, Deidre Lynch, Sarah Maza, Ruth Perry, Suzanne R. Pucci, Kristina Straub, James Thompson, Maureen Turim, and Martine Voiret.

Suzanne R. Pucci is Associate Professor of French at the University of Kentucky. James Thompson is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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ISBN 13	9780791456163
ISBN 10	0791456161
Title	Jane Austen and Co.
Author	Suzanne R Pucci
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2003-01-09
Number of pages	283
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