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Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings

By Bruin, Tom de

Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings Religion & Esotericism

Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings

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"What can contemporary media fandoms, like Anne Rice, Star Wars, Batman, or Sherlock Holmes, tell us about ancient Christianity? Proposing an ingenious analysis, Tom de Bruin argues that disparaging terms applied to ancient Christian derivative texts, such as fakes, forgeries or corruptions, are not sufficient to capture the production, consumption, and value of these writings. He instead suggests seeing them as analogous to contemporary fan fiction, and explores the analogies between current fan fiction and Christian pseudepigrapha, apocrypha and other secondary texts-and their limits"--
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2024-06-13
Publication Date:
2024-06-13
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
056770663X
ISBN13:
9780567706638
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
485 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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