This book examines melodramatic impulses in Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre and Stephenie Meyer s Twilight Saga, as well as the series' film adaptations and fan-authored texts. Attention to conventions such as crying, victimization, and happy endings in the context of the Twilight-Jane Eyre relationship reveals melodrama as an empowering mode of communication for girls. Although melodrama has saturated popular culture since the nineteenth century, its expression in texts for, about, and by girls has been remarkably under theorized. By defining melodrama, however,...
This book examines melodramatic impulses in Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre and Stephenie Meyer s Twilight Saga, as well as the series' ...
The Beatles are probably the most photographed band in history and are the subject of numerous biographical studies, but a surprising dearth of academic scholarship addresses the Fab Four. New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles offers a collection of original, previously unpublished essays that explore 'new' aspects of the Beatles. The interdisciplinary collection situates the band in its historical moment of the 1960s, but argues for artistic innovation and cultural ingenuity that account for the Beatles' lasting popularity today. Along with theoretical approaches that bridge the...
The Beatles are probably the most photographed band in history and are the subject of numerous biographical studies, but a surprising dearth of academ...
