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Gentility And The Canon Under Seige: Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Violence, And Contemporary Adaptations Of Jane Austen, Elisabeth Chretien
Gentility And The Canon Under Seige: Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Violence, And Contemporary Adaptations Of Jane Austen, Elisabeth Chretien
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This thesis examines the canonical literature/monster mash-up subgenre, focusing specifically on its originating text, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, as a case study to explore and understand the cultural work being done in this subgenre. This thesis argues that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and other texts like it are a form of vital and original popular postmodern interaction with and appropriation of the existing literary canon. As a whole, this subgenre re-imagines the English and American literary canon and heritage, providing new or alternative ways for readers to relate to and understand it. While many reviewers, scholars, and …