Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky Andrey Tarkovsky (1989) Sculpting in Time. Reflections on the Cinema. Translated from the Russian by Kitty Hunter-Blair, University of Texas Press. My rating: ***** Publisher’s page. Includes table of contents and extract. I want to underline my own belief that art must carry man’s craving for the ideal, must …
Sheenagh Pugh, The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context. Bridgend: Seren, 2005. My rating: **** The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context by Sheenagh Pugh This book offers an excellent and sympathetic overview of fan fiction as a literary form. The author uses material from both media and literary fandoms as …
Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (eds.) 2006. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. My rating: *** My review Quite interesting with some useful if rather rushed definitions of the some of the jargon used by fan fiction writers in the introduction. A large …
Rebecca W. Black. (2008). Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies). New York: Peter Lang. My rating: *** Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction by Rebecca W. Black This book uses current educational theory to discuss adolescent fan fiction. The book is useful in that it attempts to argue for the importance of …
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