Jane Austen and Co.

<p><b>Examines recent Austen remakes as well as other post-heritage films and television shows to show how the past is reshaped for a contemporary market.</b></p><p>Jane Austen and Co. explores the ways in which classical novels-particularly but not exclusively those of Jane Austen-have been transformed into artifacts of contemporary popular culture. Examining recent films television shows Internet sites and even historical tours the book turns from the question of Austen's contemporary appeal to a broader consideration of other late-twentieth-century remakes including Dangerous Liaisons Dracula Lolita and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Taken together the essays in Jane Austen and Co. offer a wide-ranging model for understanding how all of these texts-visual literary touristic British American French-reshape the past in the new fashions styles media and desires of the present.</p><p>Contributors include Virginia L. Blum Mike Crang Madeline Dobie Denise Fulbrook Deidre Lynch Sarah Maza Ruth Perry Suzanne R. Pucci Kristina Straub James Thompson Maureen Turim and Martine Voiret.</p>