Classics and Comics

Zusatztext This collection of essays can persuade classicists who have yet to venture into comics to go boldly. Informationen zum Autor George Kovacs teaches at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.C.W. Marshall is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. The volume collects fifteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. Zusammenfassung Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. The volume collects fifteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience.

Product details

• Authors: George Kovacs, George (EDT)/ Marshall Kovacs
• Assisted by: George Kovacs (Editor), C. W. Marshall (Editor), Marshall C. W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2011
• EAN: 9780199734184
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973418-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Classical Presences
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; USA, HISTORY / Ancient / General, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HUMOR / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, United States of America, USA, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Cartoons & comic strips, Comic book & cartoon art, Strip cartoons, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Comic book and cartoon artwork