Description
A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of graphic life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:
- The history and rise of autobiographical comics
- Cultural contexts
- Key texts - including Maus, Robert Crumb, Persepolis, Fun Home, and American Splendor
- Important theoretical and critical approaches to autobiographical comics
Autobiographical Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated guides to further reading and online resources and discussion questions to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.
Author: Andrew J. Kunka
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/02/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781474227841
ISBN10: 1474227848
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- The history and rise of autobiographical comics
- Cultural contexts
- Key texts - including Maus, Robert Crumb, Persepolis, Fun Home, and American Splendor
- Important theoretical and critical approaches to autobiographical comics
Autobiographical Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated guides to further reading and online resources and discussion questions to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study.
Author: Andrew J. Kunka
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/02/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781474227841
ISBN10: 1474227848
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Social Science | Popular Culture
About the Author
Andrew J. Kunka is Professor of English at University of South Carolina Sumter, USA. He is co-editor of May Sinclair: Moving Towards the Modern (2006).