Tom de Bruin

Fan Fiction and Early Christian Writings

Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Canon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780567706676
• ISBN-10: 0567706672
• Artikelnr.: 72599359

Autorenporträt

Tom de Bruin

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: 'I Am A Jesus Fanfic Writer': Ancient Fans, Early Christian
Derivative Works, and Anne Rice
Chapter 1: Fascination, Frustration, and Fixing the Gospel of Mark: Why
Write a Derivative Work?
Chapter 2: Nostalgia, Novelty, and Textual Authority in the Testaments of
the Twelve Patriarchs: What Power Does A Derivative Work Have?
Chapter 3: Canonicity and the Politics of Canon: How Do People
(De-)Authorize Derivative Works?
Chapter 4: Gatekeeping, Heresy, Infantilization, and Feminization: How Do
People Police Derivative Works?
Chapter 5: Headcanon, Fanon, and the Christian Transmedia Storyworld: Why
Do Derivative Works Matter?
Epilogue: 'I Couldn't Get These Legends Out of My Mind'
Bibliography
Index