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The British superhero
- Title
- The British superhero / Chris Murray.
- Author
- Murray, Christopher, 1975-
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 19-112 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, but Murray demonstrates that there were a great many superheroes in Britain, and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. British superhero stories sometimes emulated the style of American comics, but also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural imperialism, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend of several influences, and that in British comics these influences are quite different from those in America, resulting in some different approaches to the figure of the superhero. He looks at the origins of the superhero and supervillain in nineteenth-century popular culture and in science fiction writing. From the penny dreadfuls of the 1830s to the emergence of British superheroes in the 1930s, the British Invasion of the 1980s, and the pivotal roles in American superhero comics and film production held by British artists today, this book will challenge views about the British superheroes, and the comics' creators who fashioned them"--
- Subjects
- Comic books, strips, etc > Social aspects
- Comic books, strips, etc > Social aspects > Great Britain > History
- HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- LITERARY CRITICISM > Comics & Graphic Novels
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture
- Großbritannien
- Superheroes in literature
- Comic
- History
- Comic books, strips, etc > Great Britain > History and criticism
- Superheld
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Penny Dreadfuls, Story Papers, and Protosuperheroes (1825-1935) -- Chapter 2: False Starts and Minor Triumphs (1936-1949) -- Chapter 3: From Marvelmen to Pop Art (1950-1961) -- Chapter 4: Mergers and Marvels (1962-1980) -- Chapter 5: Revisionism and the British Invasion (1981-1993) -- Chapter 6: Contemporary British Superheroes (1994-present) -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-112
- ISBN
- 9781496807373
- 1496807375
- LCCN
- 2016030090
- 40027000951
- OCLC
- 948826428
- Author
- Murray, Christopher, 1975- author.
- Title
- The British superhero / Chris Murray.
- Publisher
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Murray, Christopher, 1975- British superhero. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017 9781496807380 (DLC) 2016042247
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027000951
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-112