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- Graphic Subjects: Critical Essays on Autobiography and Graphic Novels
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
summary
Some of the most noteworthy graphic novels and comic books of recent years have been entirely autobiographical. In Graphic Subjects, Michael A. Chaney brings together a lively mix of scholars to examine the use of autobiography within graphic novels, including such critically acclaimed examples as Art Spiegelman’s Maus, David Beauchard’s Epileptic, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, Alan Moore’s Watchmen, and Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese.
These essays, accompanied by visual examples, illuminate the new horizons that illustrated autobiographical narrative creates. The volume insightfully highlights the ways that graphic novelists and literary cartoonists have incorporated history, experience, and life stories into their work. The result is a challenging and innovative collection that reveals the combined power of autobiography and the graphic novel.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 3-10
- PART I. Art Spiegelman
- 2. Mourning and Postmemory
- pp. 17-44
- PART II. The Global Scope of Autography
- 6. Picturing Oneself as Another
- pp. 73-75
- 9. Autobiography as Discovery in Epileptic
- pp. 101-116
- 10. Manga and the End of Japan’s 1960s
- pp. 117-120
- PART III. Visualizing Women's Life Writing
- PART IV: Varieties of the Self
- 18. The Diary Comic
- pp. 209-226
- 27. Reflections on Lynda Barry
- pp. 310-314
- Contributors
- pp. 315-322
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299251031
Related ISBN(s)
9780299251048
MARC Record
OCLC
708037124
Pages
354
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011