Although the suggestion that graphic narrative represents an important literary form still causes debate in academic circles, in recent years comics scholarship has emerged into wider contexts. This collection considers various literary approaches to graphic narrative and sequential art. The essays examine the politics of comic form and narrative, the ways in which graphic narrative and sequential art ""cross over"" into other forms and genres, and how these articulations challenge the ways we read and interpret texts. By bringing literary theory to bear on graphic narrative and balancing readings of individual texts with larger ideas about comics scholarship as a whole, this work explores our understanding of the form itself and its engagement with political culture.

About the Author
Jake Jakaitis is the director of Undergraduate Studies in English at Indiana State University, where he teaches literary theory and criticism, contemporary American literature, multicultural American literature, and science fiction. James F. Wurtz is associate professor of English at Indiana State University, where he teaches 19th and 20th-century British and Irish writing.

Reviews
"excellent, sometimes brilliant essays on comic books and comic strips. Recommended"-Choice.



Book Information
ISBN 9780786466634
Author Jake Jakaitis
Format Paperback
Page Count 229
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 432g