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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Hatfield , Jeet Heer , Kent Worcester , The Tom Hopkinson Center for Media Research Will Brooker (Kingston University London UK)Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Imprint: University Press of Mississippi Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.618kg ISBN: 9781617038020ISBN 10: 1617038024 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 30 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews<p> The introduction provides a superb analysis (and diagnosis) of the current state of the field, while the anthology itself gathers some of the most influential and intelligent critical writing on superhero comics into one place. The Superhero Reader is an essential volume for any comics scholar. <p>--Ben Saunders, author of Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes The introduction provides a superb analysis (and diagnosis) of the current state of the field, while the anthology itself gathers some of the most influential and intelligent critical writing on superhero comics into one place. The Superhero Reader is an essential volume for any comics scholar. --Ben Saunders, author of Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes -The introduction provides a superb analysis (and diagnosis) of the current state of the field, while the anthology itself gathers some of the most influential and intelligent critical writing on superhero comics into one place. The Superhero Reader is an essential volume for any comics scholar.---Ben Saunders, author of Do the Gods Wear Capes? Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes Author InformationCharles Hatfield is an associate professor of English at California State University, Northridge, and is the author of Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature and Hand of Fire: The Comic Art of Jack Kirby, both published by University Press of Mississippi.|Jeet Heer, a former columnist for the National Post (Canada), has been published in Slate, the Boston Globe, the Guardian, the Comics Journal, and many other venues. He is also the coeditor (with Kent Worcester) of Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium and A Comics Studies Reader, both published by University Press of Mississippi.|Kent Worcester teaches political theory at Marymount Manhattan College and is the author of C. L. R. James: A Political Biography and coeditor (with Jeet Heer) of Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium and A Comics Studies Reader, both published by University Press of Mississippi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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