.................................................................................................................................... 3 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 6 Focus and Justification Scholarship ................................................................................... 7 Prior Scholarship ................................................................................................................. 9 Voigts-Virchow and Fan Fiction Zombies ....................................................................... 10 Nelson and Established Meanings Zombies ..................................................................... 15 Beyond Zombies............................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER ONE: DEFINING THE MASHUP ................................................................. 24 The Zombies Definition of Mashups ................................................................................. 25 The Mashup Culture Definition of Mashup Literature ................................................. 30 Music Mashups ................................................................................................................ 31 Film Mashups................................................................................................................... 35 A Definition and Taxonomy of Mashups ........................................................................ 38 CHAPTER TWO: THE EVOLUTION OF DIRECT MASHUPS ................................... 47 The Concern of Romance Mashups ................................................................................. 54 The Popularity of Mashups ............................................................................................... 71 Peritext ................................................................................................................................ 75 CHAPTER THREE: EXAMINING CHARLOTTE .......................................................... 83 Established Interpretations of Charlotte Lucas .............................................................. 83 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ...................................................................................... 90 Pride and Platypus ............................................................................................................ 100 A Clandestine Classic ...................................................................................................... 110 Wild and Wanton ............................................................................................................. 114 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 122 Works Cited .......................................................................................................................... 125