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Jane Austen now through the lens of Boca Festa.(Miscellany)(use of the world of Jane Austen in modern novels)
From: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
Date: 20030101
Author:Salber, Cecilia
EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN SCIENCE FICTION WORKS, there is perhaps no other genre or author with as many prequels, sequels, and continuations as Jane Austen. The "fan fiction" of the Star Trek franchise, of Xena, or of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is voluminous and overwhelmingly amateurish. Its appeal is to the obsessed fan who can't get enough of a favorite TV show or movie, who is willing to switch from visual media to text, and who wishes to extend his or her experience in a time or place which has never (or never yet) existed. Many Janeites, of course, enjoy the same guilty pleasure. The ...
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