The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel

by Stephen E. Tabachnick (Editor)

Overview

Since the graphic novel rose to prominence half a century ago, it has become one of the fastest growing literary/artistic genres, generating interest from readers globally. The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the distinct development of this art form both in America and around the world. This Companion also explores the diverse subgenres often associated with it, such as journalism, fiction, historical fiction, autobiography, biography, science fiction and fantasy. Leading scholars offer insights into graphic novel adaptations of prose works and the adaptation of graphic novels to films; analyses of outstanding graphic novels, like Maus and The Walking Man; an overview which distinguishes the international graphic novel from its American counterpart; and analyses of how the form works and what it teaches, making this book a key resource for scholars, graduate students and undergraduate students alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107108790
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/03/2017
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Stephen Tabachnick is Professor of English Literature at the University of Memphis. He has edited or written eleven books, including three on the graphic novel, and has been teaching university courses on the graphic novel for over twenty years. In 2015, he guest-edited a special issue of the journal Studies in the Novel on the graphic novel. He recently won the University of Memphis' award for distinguished research in the Humanities. His original field of specialization is Lawrence of Arabia as a writer, and Tabachnick has written or edited four books on Lawrence, including Images of Lawrence, the 1988 centenary volume published by Lawrence's own publisher, Jonathan Cape, in London.

Table of Contents

Chronology; Introduction; 1. How the graphic novel works Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith; 2. From comics to the graphic novel: William Hogarth to Will Eisner Stephen E. Tabachnick; 3. The development of the American graphic novel: Will Eisner to the present Stephen Weiner; 4. The international graphic novel Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner; 5. Historical fiction Hugo Frey; 6. Revisionist superheroes, fantasy, and science fiction Darren Harris-Fein; 7. The autobiographical and biographical graphic novel Martha Kuhlman; 8. Other non-fiction Jan Baetens; 9. Novel into graphic novel Esther Bendit Saltzman; 10. Graphic novel into film M. Keith Booker; 11. Some classics Bart Beaty; 12. Learning from the graphic novel James Bucky Carter.

Editorial Reviews

'[The book] takes stock of the field so far, and is a perfect resource for anyone new to it.' Eric Bulson, The Times Literary Supplement

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