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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      03 June 2017
      03 July 2017
      ISBN:
      9781316258316
      9781107108790
      9781107519718
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316258316
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 244 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 244 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature after 1945
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature after 1945
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    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    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.

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    Contents

    Contents
    • 2 - From Comics to the Graphic Novel
      pp 26-40
    • William Hogarth to Will Eisner
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