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The Great Games We Play: Fan Resistance And The Bbc Sherlock, Amanda Ewolt 2019 University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Great Games We Play: Fan Resistance And The Bbc Sherlock, Amanda Ewolt

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

Discontented with mainstream value systems, the Sherlock fandom is tireless in implementing various forms of resistance to question the balance of power and authority between producer, consumer, and text. One such method is slash fanfiction, which is both a tool for understanding and creating meaning from the source text and an act of defiance from those who feel marginalized by the dominant culture. Yet, I argue, Sherlock is a special case. Sherlock itself is a brilliant and intertextual rereading of Arthur Conan Doyle's original text; in other words, the show itself is elaborate fanfiction, which complicates the typical producer-fandom interaction …


Beasts And Bluebeards: Reader Reception, The Fairy Tale And Jane Eyre, Brittany Warman, Sara Cleto 2019 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Beasts And Bluebeards: Reader Reception, The Fairy Tale And Jane Eyre, Brittany Warman, Sara Cleto

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

The 19th-century novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë has been frequently mined for its folkloric allusions, particularly the fairy tales that haunt the narrative's characterization, plot, and atmosphere. Moving beyond so-called motif spotting, this article will explore the ways in which two of the main fairy tale intertexts of the novel - "Beauty and the Beast" and "Bluebeard" - duel for supremacy in the reader's mind, creating a tension that ultimately determines reception. Drawing primarily on narrative and reader- response theory, we will argue that the uncertainty regarding exactly which fairy tale is being called upon allows Brontë to create …


Introduction: What Kind Of Mother, Shelley Ingram 2019 University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Introduction: What Kind Of Mother, Shelley Ingram

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

We’ve long studied the folklore in literature, but there is also literature in folklore, so we can also reverse our gaze to see how literature has been taken up and incorporated into the folk culture of groups – a book club, or a fandom, or a knitting circle. We study the ways in which authors use, for example, forms of folk narrative to structure a text, how they tap into the cultural knowledge of their myriad readerships to add depth to their pages. But we can also look inward to find certain ambiguities built into a text which invite or …


The Complete First Issue, £ £ 2019 University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Complete First Issue, £ £

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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William Of A Man Of War, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

William Of A Man Of War, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

A sailor leaves his lover to wait for his return.


John Anderson, My Joe John, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

John Anderson, My Joe John, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Discusses home rule and British rule of Ireland


Call To Cork For Orders, Mrs. S. Robinson 2019 University of Mississippi

Call To Cork For Orders, Mrs. S. Robinson

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Cork as a place for trade with Robinson's Hotel to rest


Apprentice Boys' Alphabet, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

Apprentice Boys' Alphabet, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Alphabet concerning Irish liberty


Sons Of Levi, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

Sons Of Levi, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Religious song


The Knight Templar's Dream, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Knight Templar's Dream, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Religious dream of a member of the Knights Templar


Irishman's Toast, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

Irishman's Toast, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Patriot song for the home rule of Ireland


The Last Moments Of Robert Emmet, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Last Moments Of Robert Emmet, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Glory to die for Ireland


The Marksman's Journey, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Marksman's Journey, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Journey of a pilgrim to the Middle East


The Orange A, B, C., Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Orange A, B, C., Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Pro-Protestant, Northern Irish alphabet song


The Shankhill Road Heroes, Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1923 2019 University of Mississippi

The Shankhill Road Heroes, Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1923

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Discusses Orangemen of Shankill (Seanchill), a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast


In Memory Of The Heroes Who Fought At Derry, Aughrim, And The Boyne, Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1923 2019 University of Mississippi

In Memory Of The Heroes Who Fought At Derry, Aughrim, And The Boyne, Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1923

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Pro-Protestant Northern Irish song


The Boys Of Wexford, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Boys Of Wexford, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Fighting for home rule and beware of alcohol: For bravery won each battle, / But drink lost evermore


Father Tom O'Neill, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

Father Tom O'Neill, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Details the life of Tom O'Neill, the youngest of three who joins the clergy


The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Fondness for memory


The Boys Of Old Erin The Green, Author Unknown 2019 University of Mississippi

The Boys Of Old Erin The Green, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: Ireland

Discusses home rule for Ireland


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