Sara J. van Ness

Watchmen as Literature

A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Watchmen has been hailed as the quintessential graphic novel and has spawned a body of literary criticism since its 1986 release. This work explores the graphic novel's reception in both popular and scholarly arenas and how the conceptual relationship between images and words affect the reading experience"--Provided by publisher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780786444755
• ISBN-10: 0786444754
• Artikelnr.: 28178717

Autorenporträt

Sara J. Van Ness is a contributor to The Lost Art of Ah Pook is Here: Images from the Graphic Novel (Fantagraphics, 2012). She currently lives in New Jersey, where she teaches English and a course on graphic novels and visual literacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. Invading the Ivory Tower     
2. I^^@ge$ & Wo(r)d$     
3. A Language All Its Own     
4. The Watchmen     
5. Parallel Histories     
6. Hooded Honor     
7. Not So Black and White     
8. Faceless Heroes     
9. Measuring Up: Zack Snyder's Watchmen     
Closing Remarks     
Chapter Notes     
Works Cited     
Selected Annotated Bibliography of Watchmen Scholarship and Related
Resources     
Index