Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance
Considered as fan works, early modern homages to, derivations from, and continuations of classical texts can help contemporary readers better understand the past and potential future of fan fiction as a queer, emotional, and affectionate investment in the universe of a text. Demonstrating that Sir P...
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2016-03-01
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| description | Considered as fan works, early modern homages to, derivations from, and continuations of classical texts can help contemporary readers better understand the past and potential future of fan fiction as a queer, emotional, and affectionate investment in the universe of a text. Demonstrating that Sir Philip Sidney's queer, fractured Arcadia can be understood as fan fiction of Virgil's Eclogues shows how readers have always responded to the notion of beloved texts held in the creative commons with traditional fan practices such as subversive slash subtexts, inserted selves, feminine communities of reader-writers, and carefully orchestrated gift economies, whether in ancient Rome, Tudor England, or our own digital era. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8285998c15524a89a5060ceae69fe1842022-12-21T20:25:40ZengOrganization for Transformative WorksTransformative Works and Cultures1941-22581941-22582016-03-012110.3983/twc.2016.0683Virgilian fandom in the RenaissanceBalaka Basu0University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesConsidered as fan works, early modern homages to, derivations from, and continuations of classical texts can help contemporary readers better understand the past and potential future of fan fiction as a queer, emotional, and affectionate investment in the universe of a text. Demonstrating that Sir Philip Sidney's queer, fractured Arcadia can be understood as fan fiction of Virgil's Eclogues shows how readers have always responded to the notion of beloved texts held in the creative commons with traditional fan practices such as subversive slash subtexts, inserted selves, feminine communities of reader-writers, and carefully orchestrated gift economies, whether in ancient Rome, Tudor England, or our own digital era.http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/683/605Affect theoryArcadiaCreative commonsEarly modern fan fictionQueer theorySir Philip SidneySlashVirgil |
| spellingShingle | Balaka Basu Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance Transformative Works and Cultures Affect theory Arcadia Creative commons Early modern fan fiction Queer theory Sir Philip Sidney Slash Virgil |
| title | Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance |
| title_full | Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance |
| title_fullStr | Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance |
| title_short | Virgilian fandom in the Renaissance |
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| topic | Affect theory Arcadia Creative commons Early modern fan fiction Queer theory Sir Philip Sidney Slash Virgil |
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