Hunting the Dark Knight : twenty-first century Batman / Will Brooker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooker, Will, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Batman films--History and criticism.

Batman films.

Batman (Comic strip).

Batman (Fictitious character).

Batman.

Batman (Fictitious character)--In mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Summary:

Publishing to coincide with Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises,_x000D_in July 2012, Will Brooker's new book explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations._x000D_Brooker's investigation into Batman Begins and The Dark Knight uncovers the complex_x000D_relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media_x000D_convergence. He addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did Batman Begins_x000D_end when The Dark Knight began? Does its story include Burger King's 'Dark Whopper',_x000D_the Gotham Knight DVD, or the 'Why So Serio

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Batman of Many Worlds; 1. The Nolan Function: Authorship; 2. The Batman Matrix: Adaptation; 3. Dark Knight Lockdown: Realism and Repression; 4. Carnival on Infinite Earths: Continuity and Crisis; 5. The Never-Ending War: Deconstruction and the Dark Knight; Epilogue: Time and the Batman; Notes; Select Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857732125

0857732129

OCLC:

851315641