Superheroes of the Round Table - Comics Connections to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Paperback)

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	November 2011
Authors:	Jason Tondro
Dimensions:	9 x 6 x 23mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-6068-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Comic book & cartoon art Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-6068-7
Barcode:	9780786460687

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