![]() The recent "Austen Project", published by Harper Collins, sees six bestselling authors adapting Jane Austen's novels and transposing them into the twenty-first century. Austen has become a "cultural commodity almost a brand name" (Wiltshire 7) and there will probably always be new publications as long as there is such a keen and vast market. have at least heard of Jane Austen novels are in the public domain" (Parrill 176), adapting them seems to be particularly attractive in regard to the low economic risk and reduced investment costs (no acquisition of legal licences and little marketing costs). ![]() All six novels have been repeatedly turned into movies and the amount of literary adaptations appears to be almost uncountable. It does not come as a surprise, therefore, that there are hundreds and hundreds of Austen adaptations and spin-offs. Her works are "perennial favourites" (Carson xi) and, furthermore, there seems to be a huge demand for "Austen novelties". ![]() ![]() Beschreibung Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (DEL), Veranstaltung: Adaptation and Appropriation, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ever since their publication between the years of 18, Jane Austen's novels, namely Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park and Persuasion, have never gone out of print. ![]()
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