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Paperback. Alan Moore is an acclaimed and controversial writer to emerge since the late 1970s. This volume argues that Moore employs the comic form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of the comic book, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FX; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Eclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose.
In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel, Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion ... Read more
Eclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose.
In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel, Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Great Comics Artists Series
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781604732139
SKU
V9781604732139
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Ref
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About Annalis Di Liddo
Annalisa Di Liddo is an independent scholar and translator based in Milan, Italy. She has been a contributor to Cityscapes: Islands of the Self; Londra tra memoria letterario e modernita; and Cross-Cultural Encounters: Identity, Gender, and Representation. Her work has also appeared in the International Journal of Comic Art.
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