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Comic connections : analyzing hero and identity / edited by Sandra Eckard.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Heroes in literature.
- Superheroes in literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- Comics are all around campuses everyday, and with students arriving less prepared to tackle basics like reading, writing, and analyzing, this text helps connect what students enjoy to the classroom.
- Contents:
- Superman made 'real': teaching the hero cycle with Kingdom Come / Carissa Pokorny-Golden and Karen Sahaydak
- The man with identities: utilizing Daredevil as an artifact for literary analysis / Alex Romagnoli
- Who is the greatest superhero? using comics to explore the concept of heroism / Gian S. Pagnucci
- Truth, justice, and the American way: exploring American identity throughout history in Superman narratives / J. Eric Hasty
- Who we are vs. who we wish to be: examining heroism through comics and canonical literature / Eric Federspiel and Luke Rodesiler
- Visualizing the hero complex: using Batman Year One for visual and character analysis / Michael Cook and Jeffrey S. J. Kirchoff
- Teaching the body of the nation: Captain America and masculinity / Lee Easton.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4758-2801-2
- OCLC:
- 967392763
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