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Hi, firstly I wasn't sure where to ask this, my apologies if this isn't in the right section. I've begun work on a fictional novel which parodies Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse by setting it in the survival/horror genre. Researching the novel today, I saw that the copyright for Woolf's novel was renewed until 2023. Obviously I don't want to wait 6 years to write and potentially publish the novel, so I'm looking for copyright/legal advice.
My plan (before discovering the copyright renewal) was to tell an original horror themed story that borrowed characters, plot points, setting, and themes from To the Lighthouse. I however wasn't intending on ever directly appropriating excerpts from the text. I'm however still worried that using characters/setting etc from Woolf, despite the protections of my work being a parody, could potentially get me sued by the Woolf estate, publisher, or lower my chances of finding publication in the first place.
Any advice is appreciated, thank you.
My plan (before discovering the copyright renewal) was to tell an original horror themed story that borrowed characters, plot points, setting, and themes from To the Lighthouse. I however wasn't intending on ever directly appropriating excerpts from the text. I'm however still worried that using characters/setting etc from Woolf, despite the protections of my work being a parody, could potentially get me sued by the Woolf estate, publisher, or lower my chances of finding publication in the first place.
Any advice is appreciated, thank you.