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Literary Spinoffs: Rewriting the Classics - Re-Imagining the Community (North American Studies)
Birgit Spengler
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Paperback. Series: CV - North American Studies. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In Literary Spinoffs, Birgit Spengler explores the literary strategies, theoretical dimensions, and cultural implications of contemporary rewritings of nineteenth-century American literary classics. By tapping into powerful, ingrained literary and cultural narratives, literary spinoffs challenge our cultural imagination, revising the ways in which the community constructs itself through stories. Drawing on in-depth case studies of prominent contemporary rewritings, Spengler offers close analyses of the genre's particular aesthetics and effects, its relationship with other contemporary forms, and the ways it shapes the reading experience. As Spengler shows, the intensely intertextual nature of these works raises questions about the processes of cultural meaning-making ... Read more
In Literary Spinoffs, Birgit Spengler explores the literary strategies, theoretical dimensions, and cultural implications of contemporary rewritings of nineteenth-century American literary classics. By tapping into powerful, ingrained literary and cultural narratives, literary spinoffs challenge our cultural imagination, revising the ways in which the community constructs itself through stories. Drawing on in-depth case studies of prominent contemporary rewritings, Spengler offers close analyses of the genre's particular aesthetics and effects, its relationship with other contemporary forms, and the ways it shapes the reading experience. As Spengler shows, the intensely intertextual nature of these works raises questions about the processes of cultural meaning-making ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
Series
CV - North American Studies
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593503110
SKU
V9783593503110
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About Birgit Spengler
Birgit Spengler is assistant professor of American studies at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. She is the author of Vision, Gender, and Power in Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing, 1860-1900.
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