Plotting Jane Austen
Heritage Sites as Fictional Worlds in the Literary Tourist's Imagination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5700573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashley Orr (0000-0002-4617-4781, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 243-255 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2017.1378911 |
| OpenAlex | W2758038772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
Fans seeking engagement with Jane Austen and her fictional creations seek out heritage locations linked both temporally and geographically to her life and works. This article adopts a multidisciplinary framework that triangulates fan studies, literary criticism, and heritage studies to analyse three Austen-linked fan spaces: Chawton Cottage (Austen’s former home and now a museum), Lyme Park (‘Pemberley’ in B.B.C.’s 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice), and two Austen-themed literary walks. I argue that the fan’s desire for connection is by no means an organic or natural quality of the heritage site itself. Rather, creating connections between the revered object (Austen) and the physical spaces that purport to contain her necessitates imaginative work on the part of the literary tourist. That such performative work is necessary in both the ‘real’ (Chawton) and ‘fictional’ (Lyme Park) locations demonstrates the problematic nature of previous critical emphases on the authenticity – or lack thereof – of such spaces. The significance of the fan’s pilgrimage to Austen-linked heritage sites lies not in the author to be ‘found’ there but in how the tourist actively constructs ‘their’ Jane by inscribing her presence – and those of her characters – onto these spaces
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Literature · Narrative · Performative utterance · Pilgrimage · Pride · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · History · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |