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Arresting development : comics at the boundaries of literature /

<P>Mainstream narratives of the graphic novel?s development describe the form?s "coming of age," its maturation from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. In <i>Arresting Development</i>, Christopher Pizzino questions these established narratives, arguing that the medium?s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pizzino, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:World comics and graphic nonfiction series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from the basement
  • Coming of age : the problem of the bildungsroman
  • Autoclastic icons : picturing illegitimacy
  • Pop art comics : Frank Miller
  • The scandal of pleasure : Alison Bechdel
  • Rolling in the gutter : Charles Burns
  • Blood and fire : Gilbert Hernandez
  • Conclusion : on becoming a comics scholar.