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Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other guilty pleasure reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between fanfic and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction.

Absorbed reading--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically reading from a distance--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds.

The Case for Fanfiction

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/31/2017 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476668772, 978-1476668772
      ISBN10: 1476668779

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      Book Synopsis

      Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other guilty pleasure reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between fanfic and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction.

      Absorbed reading--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically reading from a distance--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds.

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