The Routledge Companion to Comics Paperback / softback
Edited by Frank Bramlett, Roy Cook, Aaron Meskin
Part of the Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions series
Paperback / softback
Description
This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels.
Contributor essays provide authoritative, up-to-date overviewsof the major topics and questions within comic studies, offering readers a truly global approach to understanding the field. Essays examine: the history of the temporal, geographical, and formal development of comics, including topics like art comics, manga, comix, and the comics code; issues such as authorship, ethics, adaptation, and translating comics; connections between comics and other artistic media (drawing, caricature, film) as well as the linkages between comics and other academic fields like linguistics and philosophy; new perspectives on comics genres, from funny animal comics to war comics to romance comics and beyond. The Routledge Companion to Comics expertly organizes representative work from a range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, literature, philosophy, and linguistics.
More than an introduction to the study of comics, this book will serve as a crucial reference for anyone interested in pursuing research in the area, guiding students, scholars, and comics fans alike.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:472 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367581534
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:472 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367581534
