Written originally as a Fanfiction for the series Twilight , the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has made obvious what was always clear to fans and literary scholars alike: that it is an essential human activity to read and retell epic stories of famous heroic characters.
Short stories that draw on franchises such as Star Trek , Star Wars , Doctor Who , James Bond , and others are accompanied by short contextual and analytical essays wherein Coppa treats fanfiction--a genre primarily written by women and minorities--as a rich literary tradition in which non-mainstream themes and values can thrive..
The Fanfiction Reader showcases the extent to which the archetypal storytelling exemplified by Fanfiction has continuities with older forms: the communal tale-telling cultures of the past and the remix cultures of the present have much in common.
Written originally as a Fanfiction for the series Twilight , the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has made obvious what was always clear to fans and literary scholars alike: that it is an essential human activity to read and retell epic stories of famous heroic characters
