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The Cambridge Companion To The American Graphic Novel
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel by : Jan Baetens
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel written by Jan Baetens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel explores the important role of the graphic novel in reflecting American society and in the shaping of the American imagination. Using key examples, this volume reviews the historical development of various subgenres within the graphic novel tradition and examines how graphic novelists have created multiple and different accounts of the American experience, including that of African American, Asian American, Jewish, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities. Reading the American graphic novel opens a debate on how major works have changed the idea of America from that once found in the quintessential action or superhero comics to show new, different, intimate accounts of historical change as well as social and individual, personal experience. It guides readers through the theoretical text-image scholarship to explain the meaning of the complex borderlines between graphic novels, comics, newspaper strips, caricature, literature, and art.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel by : Stephen E. Tabachnick
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel written by Stephen E. Tabachnick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the development of this art form globally.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel by : Stephen E. Tabachnick
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel written by Stephen E. Tabachnick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the graphic novel rose to prominence half a century ago, it has become one of the fastest growing literary/artistic genres, generating interest from readers globally. The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the distinct development of this art form both in America and around the world. This Companion also explores the diverse subgenres often associated with it, such as journalism, fiction, historical fiction, autobiography, biography, science fiction and fantasy. Leading scholars offer insights into graphic novel adaptations of prose works and the adaptation of graphic novels to films; analyses of outstanding graphic novels, like Maus and The Walking Man; an overview which distinguishes the international graphic novel from its American counterpart; and analyses of how the form works and what it teaches, making this book a key resource for scholars, graduate students and undergraduate students alike.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction by : Eric Carl Link
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction written by Eric Carl Link and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction by : David Glover
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction written by David Glover and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction by : Joshua Miller
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction written by Joshua Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern American Fiction by : Paula Geyh
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern American Fiction written by Paula Geyh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few previous periods in the history of American literature could rival the richness of the postmodern era - the diversity of its authors, the complexity of its ideas and visions, and the multiplicity of its subjects and forms. This volume offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the American fiction of this remarkable period. It traces the development of postmodern American fiction over the past half-century and explores its key aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. It examines its principal styles and genres, from the early experiments with metafiction to the most recent developments, such as the graphic novel and digital fiction, and offers concise, compelling readings of many of its major works. An indispensable resource for students, scholars, and the general reader, the Companion both highlights the extraordinary achievements of postmodern American fiction and provides illuminating critical frameworks for understanding it.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Novel by : Eric Bulson
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Novel written by Eric Bulson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion focuses on the novel as a global genre and examines its role, impact and development.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel by : Jan Baetens
Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel written by Jan Baetens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 1315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It includes original discussion on the current state of the graphic novel and analyzes how American, European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese renditions have shaped the field. Thirty-five leading scholars and historians unpack both forgotten trajectories as well as the famous key episodes, and explain how comics transitioned from being marketed as children's entertainment. Essays address the masters of the form, including Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore, and Marjane Satrapi, and reflect on their publishing history as well as their social and political effects. This ambitious history offers an extensive, detailed and expansive scholarly account of the graphic novel, and will be a key resource for scholars and students.
Download or read book The Graphic Novel written by Jan Baetens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction provides a historical overview of the graphic novel, with a strong focus on its international significance.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York by : Cyrus R. K. Patell
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York written by Cyrus R. K. Patell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York holds a special place in America's national mythology as both the gateway to the USA and as a diverse, vibrant cultural center distinct from the rest of the nation. From the international atmosphere of the Dutch colony New Amsterdam, through the expansion of the city in the nineteenth century, to its unique appeal to artists and writers in the twentieth, New York has given its writers a unique perspective on American culture. This Companion explores the range of writing and performance in the city, celebrating Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Eugene O'Neill, and Allen Ginsberg among a host of authors who have contributed to the city's rich literary and cultural history. Illustrated and featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, this book is the ideal guide for students of American literature as well as for all who love New York and its writers.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene by : John Parham
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene written by John Parham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From catastrophe to utopia, the most comprehensive survey yet of how literature can speak to the 'Anthropocene'.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Comics by : Maaheen Ahmed
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Comics written by Maaheen Ahmed and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interweaving history and theory, this book unpacks the complexity of comics, covering formal, critical and institutional dimensions.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel by : Jan Baetens
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel written by Jan Baetens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel explores the important role of the graphic novel in reflecting American society and in the shaping of the American imagination. Using key examples, this volume reviews the historical development of various subgenres within the graphic novel tradition and examines how graphic novelists have created multiple and different accounts of the American experience, including that of African American, Asian American, Jewish, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities. Reading the American graphic novel opens a debate on how major works have changed the idea of America from that once found in the quintessential action or superhero comics to show new, different, intimate accounts of historical change as well as social and individual, personal experience. It guides readers through the theoretical text-image scholarship to explain the meaning of the complex borderlines between graphic novels, comics, newspaper strips, caricature, literature, and art.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles by : Kenneth Womack
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles written by Kenneth Womack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles – the creation of the band, their musical influences, and their cultural significance, with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians, songwriters, and recording artists. Through detailed biographical and album analyses, the book uncovers the background of each band member and provides expansive readings of the band's music. • Traces the group's creative output from their earliest recordings through their career • Pays particular attention to the social and historical factors which contributed to the creation of the band • Investigates the Beatles' unique enduring musical legacy and cultural power • Clearly organized into three sections, covering Background, Works, and History and Influence, the Companion is ideal for course usage, and is also a must-read for all Beatles fans
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture by : C. W. E. Bigsby
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture written by C. W. E. Bigsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald by : Ruth Prigozy
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald written by Ruth Prigozy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Eleven specially-commissioned essays by major Fitzgerald scholars present a clearly written and comprehensive assessment of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a writer and as a public and private figure. No aspect of his career is overlooked, from his first novel published in 1920, through his more than 170 short stories, to his last unfinished Hollywood novel. Contributions present the reader with a full and accessible picture of the background of American social and cultural change in the early decades of the twentieth century. The introduction traces Fitzgerald's career as a literary and public figure, and examines the extent to which public recognition has affected his reputation among scholars, critics, and general readers over the past sixty years. This is the only volume that offers undergraduates, graduates and general readers a full account of Fitzgerald's work as well as suggestions for further exploration of his work. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Fitzgerald, F, Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 Criticism and interpretation Handbooks, manuals, etc.
