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Auteur(s) : Ahmed, Maaheen
Titre(s) : Monstrous imaginaries [Texte imprimé] : the legacy of romanticism in comics / Maaheen Ahmed
Publication : Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2020
Description matérielle : viii-235 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Monsters seem inevitably linked to humans and not always as mere opposites. Maaheen
Ahmed examines good monsters in comics to show how Romantic themes from the eighteenth
and the nineteenth centuries persist in today's popular culture. Comics monsters,
questioning the distinction between human and monster, self and other, are valuable
conduits of Romantic inclinations. Engaging with Romanticism and the many monsters
created by Romantic writers and artists such as Mary Shelley, Victor Hugo, and Goya,
Ahmed maps the heritage, functions, and effects of monsters in contemporary comics
and graphic novels. She highlights the persistence of recurrent Romantic features
through monstrous protagonists in English- and French-language comics and draws out
their implications. Aspects covered include the dark Romantic predilection for ruins
and the sordid, the solitary protagonist, his quest, nostalgia, the prominence of
the spectacle as well as excessive emotions, and above all, the monster's ambiguity
and rebelliousness. Ahmed highlights each Romantic theme through close readings of
well-known but often overlooked comics, including Enki Bilal's Monstre tetralogy,
Jim O'Barr's The Crow, and Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, as well as
the iconic comics series Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and Mike Mignola's Hellboy. In blurring
the otherness of the monster, these protagonists retain the exaggeration and uncontrollability
of all monsters while incorporating Romantic characteristics" ; "The first book to
explore the lasting influence of Romanticism on contemporary comics monsters"
Sujet(s) : Monstres -- Dans la culture populaire
Romantisme (littérature)
Bandes dessinées -- Psychologie
Indice(s) Dewey :
741.5 (23e éd.) = Albums de bande dessinée, romans graphiques, romans-photos, dessins humoristiques,
caricatures, bandes dessinées
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496825261. - ISBN 1496825268. - ISBN 9781496825278. - ISBN 1496825276. -
ISBN 9781496825315 (erroné). - ISBN 9781496825292 (erroné). - ISBN 9781496825285 (erroné).
- ISBN 9781496825308 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46595513z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46595513
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Table des matières : Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Charting Monstrous Territory ; Romantic Monsters:
A Brief History ; Swamp Thing: Patchworks and Panoramas in Monster Comics ; Monstre:
Monstrous Fluidity ; Hellboy: Nostalgia and the Doomed Quest ; The Crow: Spectacularity
and Emotionality ; Conclusion: Comics Monsters: Par Monstra ad Astra ; Notes ;
Bibliography ; Index.
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