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balletbookworm's review
4.0
A fun yet still academic examination of Austen fan culture. I really appreciated Chapter 2 about the adaptation of Austen’s Emma into the movie Clueless (total Betty!). Good chapters at the end about Austen and LGBTQ+ themes/ships. It’s a little short, I would have liked a few more chapters poking into more crevices.
jennie_cole's review
2.0
Austentatious is not a book about Jane Austen and her work but a book about Jane Austen Fan Fiction. Now I have read some of the Austen tangent books and remakes of her work that have been more mainstream published but I have not been overly aware of any of the fan fiction groups out. That being said I did find all of the different types of fan fiction interesting and the various changes people do to the stories to make them relate more to our modern world.
I think of fan fiction as a modern way to show a reader's love for the material that they are connecting to. As well as make the material more accessible to different groups of readers. If you are interested in this genre of books, art, and films Autentatious is an interesting read.
I think of fan fiction as a modern way to show a reader's love for the material that they are connecting to. As well as make the material more accessible to different groups of readers. If you are interested in this genre of books, art, and films Autentatious is an interesting read.
gothicvamperstein's review
4.0
This was a fun book to read. It's suitable for Jane Austen fans as well as scholars and the authors combine those two angles nicely. One can notice the authors are scholars, but as they are Austen fans at the same time, they make a point that it is possible to be both. They also make use of both angles, which makes it a well researched book without being scholarly show-off.
flybyreader's review
4.0
What a ride for fans of Jane Austen's literary works, aka Austenmaniacs or Janeites.
Austentatious is not standard non-fiction that I am used to. It is a book has been written by scholars as well as fans of Austen but it smells a little academic both in terms of language and content. However, it does not mean that it's dull, on the contrary, it is quite captivating.
Austen's fame has surpassed her life and reached the skies over the last century thanks to the internet and technological developments as it found its way across the world both as a printed work and in other forms of media. She has a vast internet fandom consisting of creative and imaginative people, who create alternate stories based on Austen's works. Thanks to this thrill and expectations, canon materials are turned into fanon as fans crave for more and adaptations are created to quench that thirst both by professionals and fans themselves.
This book examines Austenmania through Austen's canonical literature as well as fanfiction, Austen-related fiction, alternate stories, and their reflections on TV. The authors investigate the microcosmos of Austen fandom and its effects on both literature and other media. It is also possible to find profound analyses of Austen's and Austen-related works with regard to feminism, society, relationships, romance, and erotica.
If you love Austen's novels, if the taste still lingers on your tongue after you read them and want more and wish to keep the story going via fanfiction, other published works, art, films, etc., this the right book for you. As the authors say at the end: "Austen fans push boundaries and shatter ceilings" in order to keep the heritage of the revolutionary author alive.
(Special thanks to Iowa University Press and Netgalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review)
Austentatious is not standard non-fiction that I am used to. It is a book has been written by scholars as well as fans of Austen but it smells a little academic both in terms of language and content. However, it does not mean that it's dull, on the contrary, it is quite captivating.
Austen's fame has surpassed her life and reached the skies over the last century thanks to the internet and technological developments as it found its way across the world both as a printed work and in other forms of media. She has a vast internet fandom consisting of creative and imaginative people, who create alternate stories based on Austen's works. Thanks to this thrill and expectations, canon materials are turned into fanon as fans crave for more and adaptations are created to quench that thirst both by professionals and fans themselves.
This book examines Austenmania through Austen's canonical literature as well as fanfiction, Austen-related fiction, alternate stories, and their reflections on TV. The authors investigate the microcosmos of Austen fandom and its effects on both literature and other media. It is also possible to find profound analyses of Austen's and Austen-related works with regard to feminism, society, relationships, romance, and erotica.
If you love Austen's novels, if the taste still lingers on your tongue after you read them and want more and wish to keep the story going via fanfiction, other published works, art, films, etc., this the right book for you. As the authors say at the end: "Austen fans push boundaries and shatter ceilings" in order to keep the heritage of the revolutionary author alive.
(Special thanks to Iowa University Press and Netgalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review)
raoionna's review
4.0
Man I enjoyed this. It spoke to me, and maybe it is bc I’m a fan. Any austenite would love it.
Thank you to Netgalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review.