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Revision and the Superhero Genre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R1,644
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Revision and the Superhero Genre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): David Hyman

Revision and the Superhero Genre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

David Hyman

Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels

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This book argues that superhero revision offers new perspectives on the theory and practice of revision in broader contexts, in particular composition studies. Key developments in the history of superhero and composition revision reveal that both are deeply embedded in questions of narrative temporality. The book looks at three unorthodox revision strategies: sideshadowing, in which traditional tropes of superhero narratives are told with "new" characters that clearly evoke traditional ones; excavation, the reintegration and reinterpretation of elements and influences from earlier texts that have been de-emphasized or written out of continuity; and homodoxy, the narrative coexistence of inconsistent elements culled from different versions of a character's textual history. The ensuing cross-disciplinary exploration helps correct a distorted stereotype of revision as a neutral mechanical process, revealing it instead as a potent force operating across a spectrum that ranges from restrictive adherence to orthodoxies, to radical resistance against the primacy of tradition.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Release date: September 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: David Hyman
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 83
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-64758-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
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LSN: 3-319-64758-X
Barcode: 9783319647586

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