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Litcomix Literary Theory and the Graphic Novel

Paperback • 2023 • English

Litcomix Literary Theory and the Graphic Novel

By Adam Geczy, Jonathan McBurnie

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About the book

Critical studies of the graphic novel have often employed methodologies taken from film theory and art criticism. Yet, as graphic novels from Maus to Watchmen have entered the literary canon, perhaps the time has come to develop theories for interpreting and evaluating graphic novels that are drawn from classic models of literary theory and criticism. Using the methodology of Georg Lukács and his detailed defense of literary realism as a socially embedded practice, Litcomix tackles difficult...Show more

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Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Modern and contemporary fiction / literature

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ISBN

9781978828650

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published year

2023

Language

English

Original title

Litcomix Literary Theory and the Graphic Novel

Format

Paperback

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