Before fanfiction : recovering the literary history of American media fandom /

Before fanfiction : recovering the literary history of American media fandom / Alexandra Edwards.

"Fan studies has a literary history problem. From the discipline's seminal works of the early 1990s to its recent, media-attention-garnering popular scholarship, fan studies has repeated one creation myth time and again. "Fandom," this myth tells us, might have gained popularity...

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Main Author: Edwards, Alexandra (Writing instructor) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > Women authors > Appreciation.
American literature > 20th century > Appreciation.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
Fans (Persons) > United States > History > 20th century.
Fan fiction > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Paralittérature > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Fanfiction > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
American literature > Appreciation.
Fan fiction.
Fans (Persons)
Literature and society.
Popular literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Fanaticism, yes!
  • Intimacy and transformation in literary fan communities
  • Fandom in the magazines
  • Fan mail as communal literary practice
  • Postlude: Fan history and contemporary fan tourism
  • Conclusion: Fandom is literary, fandom is historical.

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