Fanged Fan Fiction

valuable...detailed insightTransformative Works and Cultures; well-researched, passionate, and entertaining, and furthermore it is admirable for its open-minded approach to fanfic, which is analysed with the same seriousness as any other literary body of texts. It is an excellent introduction to fan fiction in general and to the invisible dark matter surrounding vampire block-busters and best-sellers in particularNORANordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research; the book is a valuable addition to studies of both the literary vampire and of fan textsJournal of the Fantastic in the Arts.

Maria Lindgren Leavenworth is an associate professor of English literature in the Department of Language Studies at Ume University in Sweden. Her previous research interests include travel writing, nordicity and issues pertaining to intertextuality. She has published articles on travel writers Selina Bunbury, Bayard Taylor and S. H. Kent, and on works within the science fiction genre. Malin Isaksson is an assistant professor of French literature at Ume University in Sweden. She has published articles on the critical reception of works by Marie Darrieussecq and Virginie Despentes. Individually and together in the project FAN(G)S, they both have written extensively on vampire fan fiction, in both English and Swedish.

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Transfusions, Transformations, Transgressions 1.Single White Females and Sympathetic Vampires: The Canons 2.Vampiric Prosumption: Archives, Genres and Fans Negotiations of Rules 3.The Archive of New Stories Interlude: The Normal Discussion 4. CanonTransgressive Lemony Goodness: Sexual Norms and Undead Desires 5.Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ethics, Monstrosity and Issues of the Soul Conclusion: The Vampire Archived and ReFanged Chapter Notes Works Cited Index