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Author:   George Kovacs (, Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario) ,  C. W. Marshall (Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre, Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780199734191

ISBN 10:   0199734194
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface, C.W. Marshall and George Kovacs Acknowledgments 1. Comics and Classics: Establishing a Critical Frame, George Kovacs Seeing the Past through Sequential Art 2. An Ancient Greek Graphic Novel (P. Oxy. XXII 2331), Gideon Nisbet 3. Sequential Narrative and the Shield of Achilles, Kyle Johnson 4. Declassicizing the classical in Japanese comics, Nicholas A. Theisen 5. Heroes Unlimited, Brett M. Rogers Gods and Superheroes 6. The Furies, Wonder Woman, and Dream, C. W. Marshall 7. Coming up to Code: Ancient Divinities Revisited, Craig Dethloff 8. The Burden of War: From Homer to Oeming, R. Clinton Simms 9. 'Seven Thunders Utter Their Voices', Benjamin Stevens Drawing (on) History 10. Hard-Boiled Hot Gates, Vincent Tomasso 11. Persians in Frank Miller's 300 and Greek vase-painting, Emily Fairey 12. A Dream of Augustus, Anise K. Strong 13. Francophone Romes: Antiquity in les Bandes Dessinées, Martin Dinter The Desires of Troy 14. Twenty-First Century Troy, Eric Shanower 15. Sex and Love in Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze, Chiara Sulprizio 16. Heavy Metal Homer, Thomas E. Jenkins A reading list of Classics in Comics Contributors Bibliography Index

Reviews

<br> This ground breaking volume should do for the study of the reception of classics in comic books what Martin Winkler's Gladiator did for the reception of classics in film. --Gregory Neil Daugherty, Classical Presences<br><br><p><br> This is an exemplar of what comics (or any disciplinary) scholarship should strive to achieve. Highly recommended. --CHOICE<br><br><p><br> Classics and Comics is a useful compendium of essays for students of the reception of classical mythology, literature, and history in the modern world, as well as for students of narrative theory. The volume makes accessible to a wider critical audience the theoretical and practical criticism of these media from the last decade and earlier. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review<br><p><br> Whether the reader is liberal or specialized in his or her preferences regarding criticism, Classics and Comics is a dense work that will provide considerable food for thought. --World Literature in Review<br><p><br>

This ground breaking volume should do for the study of the reception of classics in comic books what Martin Winkler's Gladiator did for the reception of classics in film. --Gregory Neil Daugherty, Classical Presences This is an exemplar of what comics (or any disciplinary) scholarship should strive to achieve. Highly recommended. --CHOICE Classics and Comics is a useful compendium of essays for students of the reception of classical mythology, literature, and history in the modern world, as well as for students of narrative theory. The volume makes accessible to a wider critical audience the theoretical and practical criticism of these media from the last decade and earlier. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review Whether the reader is liberal or specialized in his or her preferences regarding criticism, Classics and Comics is a dense work that will provide considerable food for thought. --World Literature in Review

<br> Whether the reader is liberal or specialized in his or her preferences regarding criticism, Classics and Comics is a dense work that will provide considerable food for thought. --World Literature in Review<p><br>

Author Information

George Kovacs teaches at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. C.W. Marshall is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre at the University of British Columbia.

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