This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different critical angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from the literary Gothic and discusses the presence of these in British and American comics today, paying particular attention to the emergence of the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers a historical approach to British and American comics and Gothic: summarising the development of their respective creative content and critical models. It identifies parallel points including censorship, allusion,...
This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different critical angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identif...
From reality television to celebrity gossip magazines, today's technologies have enabled a vast number of personal narratives that document our existence and that of others. Multiple academic disciplines now define the self as fluid and entirely changeable: little more than a performance that is chosen according to the situation. While news journalists still pursue the authentic narrative, advertising and politics might be accused of exploiting the narrative tendency, and across media the personal and public become increasingly merged.
Real Lives, Celebrity Stories collects...
From reality television to celebrity gossip magazines, today's technologies have enabled a vast number of personal narratives that document our exi...
The Routledge Companion to Literary Media examines the fast-moving present and future of a media ecosystem in which the literary continues to play a vital role. This authoritative collection is an invaluable resource for scholars and students working at the intersection of literary and media studies.
The Routledge Companion to Literary Media examines the fast-moving present and future of a media ecosystem in which the literary continues to play a v...
