Research Catalog

Title

Caped crusaders 101 : composition through comic books / Jeffrey Kahan and Stanley Stewart.

Author

Kahan, Jeffrey, 1964-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2010.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Stewart, Stanley, 1931-

Description

vii, 241 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This fully-revised textbook inspires a greater appreciation for literature by studying important literary themes found in comics. By deconstructing comics, it raises critical thinking about literature, a crucial skill for understanding language and composition. Each chapter offers a series of questions that stimulate further reading, writing and discussion"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: why comics can save us from illiteracy -- Black heroes for hire: serializing social construction in the comics -- Comic books, cold wars, and desert storms -- Spider-man and corporate responsibility -- The comic book code and American f-agg -- Dr. Strange, or, how I learned to love metaphysics -- 9/11 and the man without fear -- Comics and the prison system -- Killing off the hero -- Coda: our heroes, ourselves.

ISBN

• 9780786447749 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0786447745 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010008148

OCLC

529958097

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library