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Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature / Jason Tondro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tondro, Jason, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Heroes in art.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- England.
- Art and literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]
- Summary:
- "Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man
- Kirby's masque
- "By my so potent art"
- Arthur, the four-color king
- Grant Morrison's Grail quest.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786460687
- 0786460687
- OCLC:
- 732960100
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