The Cambridge history of the graphic novel / edited by Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey, Stephen E. Tabachnick.

The Cambridge history of the graphic novel / edited by Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey, Stephen E. Tabachnick.

9781107171411 hardcover alkaline paper
1107171415 hardcover alkaline paper

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

©2018

English

xii, 677 pages ; 24 cm

40028460821

741.59 C178h 2018

(OCoLC)1028220570
(OCoLC)1028220570

This book 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.

This book 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Books > Print Books
All Resources