Adoring Outlander: Essays On Fandom, Genre And The Female Audience

What is behind Outlander fever--the hit television drama's popularity? Is it author Diana Gabaldon's teasing posts on social media? Is it the real history reimagined? The highly emotional melodrama? Or is it the take-charge heroine and the sweet hero in a kilt? One of the show's biggest draws is its multigenre appeal. Gabaldon--whose Outlander novels form the basis of the series--has called it science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical fiction and military fiction, depending on her audience. This collection of new essays explores the series as a romance, a ghost story, an epic journey, a cozy mystery, a comedy of manners, a gothic thriller and a feminist answer to Game of Thrones, and considers the source of its broad appeal.

• | Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel, Valerie Estelle Frankel
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Feb 03, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1476664234
• | ISBN-13: 9781476664231