Batman and the Shadows of Modernity - A Critical Genealogy on Contemporary Hero in the Age of Nihilism

This book aims to study the Batman narrative, or Bat-narrative, from the point of view of its nodal relationship to modern narrative. To this end, it offers for the first time a new type of methodology adequate to the object, which delves both into materials scarcely studied in this context and well-known materials seen in a new light. This is a multidisciplinary work aimed at both the specialist and the global reader, bringing together comic studies, philosophical criticism, and literary criticism in a debate on the fate of our current global civilization.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael Carrion-Arias, Rafael Carrión-Arias
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032423142
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242314-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Batman;modernity;comic studies;comparative theory;Nihilism