Litcomix : literary theory and the graphic novel / Adam Geczy and Jonathan McBurnie
- Bib ID:
- 10007500
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Geczy, Adam, author
- Description:
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- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2023]
- viii, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781978828650 (paperback)
- 1978828659 (paperback)
- 9781978828667 (hardcover)
- 1978828667 (hardcover)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9781978828674 (electronic publication)
- 9781978828681 (electronic book)
- Summary:
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"In the "old days" there was a clear delineation between comics and high literature. Now the prospect has become a lot less unthinkable, and perhaps, indeed, a pressing question. Can there be a theory of the graphic novel that is commensurate with literary theory? This book answers with a resounding "yes." First coined in 1964 by an early scholar of fandom, Richard Kyle, the graphic novel now has an undisputed place in literary culture, receiving reviews in venerated journals such as the New York Review of Books. They are willing to publish comment and criticism, in recognition of a serious endeavor and field of experience. It may still be uncomfortable for graphic novels to be inserted into academic curricula, but less so for reasons that may have been when high art was far more easily separable from low. It may be because that there is still a dearth of material that offers a methodology for evaluative critical practice. This book joins the growing critical literature that have set about to address this. Using the methodology of Georg Lukács and his detailed defense of literary realism as a socially embedded practice, this book examines the debates around the rise of comics and graphic novels, then moves to a series of case studies that demonstrate the importance of graphic novels as vehicles of subjective expression and social critique"--
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Graphic novels -- History and criticism
- Graphic novels -- Social aspects
- Comic books, strips, etc -- History and criticism
- Comic books, strips, etc -- Social aspects
- Popular culture and literature
- Romans graphiques -- Histoire et critique
- Romans graphiques -- Aspect social
- Culture populaire et littérature
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- McBurnie, Jonathan, author
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2023
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