The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
By: and and
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title.
Learn about membership options,
or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel explores the important role of the graphic novel in reflecting American society and in the shaping of the American imagination. Using key examples, this volume reviews the historical development of various subgenres within the graphic novel tradition and examines how graphic novelists have created multiple and different accounts of the American experience, including that of African American, Asian American, Jewish, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities. Reading the American graphic novel opens a debate on how major works have changed the idea of America from that once found in the quintessential action or superhero comics to show new, different, intimate accounts of historical change as well as social and individual, personal experience. It guides readers through the theoretical text-image scholarship to explain the meaning of the complex borderlines between graphic novels, comics, newspaper strips, caricature, literature, and art.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781009379366
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781009379342
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/10/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Jan Baetens
- Edited by:
- Hugo Frey
- Edited by:
- Fabrice Leroy
Reviews
Other Books
- by Jan Baetens
- by Hugo Frey
- by Fabrice Leroy
- in Literature and Fiction
- in Language Arts