The Waltzing Dead : The Merit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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dc.contributor.advisorFroula, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKoballa, Katherineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-24T18:31:57Z
dc.date.available2013-08-24T18:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractWhen Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was published in 2009, the parody of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that now takes place in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, few expected the novel to be more than a joke. However, it instead inspired a phenomenon that wholly consumed popular culture. The monster mashup fuses well-known classical literature with traditional horror monsters. In PPZ, the nineteenth-century novel of manners is introduced to the twentieth century monster of the Americas, the zombie. Through this combination, new interpretations of feminism, otherness, epidemics, and Gothic horror can be gleaned, providing a richer reading of both Austen's original text and Grahame-Smith's new text. The unusual combination of remix studies, zombie studies, and Austen studies has effectively created a monster.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent91 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4248
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subjectBritish and Irish literatureen_US
dc.subjectComparative literatureen_US
dc.subjectRemix cultureen_US
dc.subjectPride and prejudice and zombies
dc.subjectPride and prejudice--Parodies, imitations, etc.
dc.subject.lcshGrahame-Smith, Seth. Pride and prejudice and zombies
dc.subject.lcshAusten, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice--Parodies, imitations, etc.
dc.subject.lcshZombies in literature
dc.titleThe Waltzing Dead : The Merit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombiesen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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