This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from
four different critical angles: historical, formal, cultural and
textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from the
literary Gothic and discusses the presence of these in British and
American comics today, paying particular attention to the emergence
of the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers a historical approach to
British and American comics and Gothic: summarising the development
of their respective creative content and critical models. It
identifies parallel points including censorship, allusion,
self-awareness and developments in criticism and audience. The
second section brings together some of the narrative strategies of
Gothic and comics. It uses Gothic to reinterpret established
critical approaches to the comics medium, arguing for a holistic
analytical model based around the symbols of the crypt, the spectre
and the archive. Part Three then combines cultural and textual
analysis: discussing the communities that have built up around
comics and gothic artifacts and concluding with case studies of two
of Gothic's most famous archetypes in comics: the vampire and the
zombie.
General
Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Julia Round
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
268 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-4980-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-7864-4980-2 |
Barcode: |
9780786449804 |
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