{"product_id":"the-case-for-fanfiction-9781476668772","title":"The Case for Fanfiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040417317207,"sku":"9781476668772","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476668772.jpg?v=1750946679","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-case-for-fanfiction-9781476668772","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}