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American comics, literary theory, and religion : the superhero afterlife / by A. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, A. David, 1977- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- Graphic arts.
- Religion.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Graphic Design.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Graphic Design.
- Religion.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unlocking a new and overdue model for reading comic books, this unique volume explores religious interpretations of popular comic book superheroes such as the Green Lantern and the Hulk. This superhero subgenre offers a hermeneutic for those interested in integrating mutiplicity into religious practices and considerations of the afterlife.
- Contents:
- Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgment and Apology; Introduction; You've Got the Wrong Book For . . .; It Takes a Bookshelf; From Here to There (and Hereafter); Chapter 1: The Six Elements of the Superhero Afterlife Subgenre; Chapter 2: The Comic Book Medium's Glimpse of Eternity; Chapter 3: Complexities of Character in Fantastic Four: Hereafter; Chapter 4: Planetary, Promethea, and the Multiplicity of Selfhood; Conclusion; 1 The Six Elements of the Superhero Afterlife Subgenre; Defining Genre Generically; When Genre's Bit by a Radioactive Spider
- Building Down into SubgenreElement 1: Alternate Dimension; Element 2: Demon/Adversary-Alastor; Element 3: Heroic Reversal; Element 4: Familial Encounter; Element 5: Hallucination; Element 6: Liberated Character; Out of One's Element(s); 2 The Comic Book Medium's Glimpse of Eternity; Illustrating without Illustration; Crossing Jordan; Aevum: "Lotsa Luck Filming That!"; 3 Complexities of Character in Fantastic Four: Hereafter; Character Characteristics; Marvel's First Family, at Last; After Hereafter; 4 Planetary, Promethea, and the Multiplicity of Selfhood; Character Gone Wrong (in a Good Way)
- Planetary AlignmentsThe Promise of Promethea; Elements of a Multiple Selfhood; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349499618
- 1349499617
- 9781137463609
- 1137463600
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