

"Victorian Penny Press Plagiarisms as Fanfiction?"
Abstract: The Victorian period saw a proliferation of penny press “plagiarisms”— transformations of middle-class narratives, typically...


The Victorian Serial Novel and Transfictional Character at #NAVSA2016
I'm here in Phoenix to present my paper on the Victorian serial novel and transfictional character later today, which I will excerpt...


Trilby-mania, Transfictional Character
This fall, I'm presenting at NAVSA and MLA on transfictional character, which just means characters who appear in multiple texts by...


Discourses of Fictionality in Serial Season One
I'm here in Aarhus, Denmark today and am happily anticipated my lecture tonight for the English Lecture Society. This 45 minute talk is...


Star Wars and the Forever Franchise
"You Won't Live to See the Final Star Wars Movie," Adam Rogers taunts in his December 2015 article in Wired. Maybe not. But by raising the...
MLA 2016 Talk: Seriality and Sound
https://serialpodcast.org/about Serial Season 2 has recently premiered, after a long wait from fans who listened rapt through Sarah...


Sweeney Todd, Victorian Transmedia
http://go.osu.edu/chapter2timeline Transmedia storytelling has recently become the object of critical attention, as literary critics try...


Pickwick Penny Press "Plagiarisms"
Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1837-38) was the author's break-out hit; it was also the first "novel" of the Victorian period...