Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels : a Critical Approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Round, Julia (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:	Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism. Graphic novels > History and criticism. Gothic revival (Literature) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by David Punter; Preface; Introduction; Part One : History; 1-A Brief History of Gothic; 2-A Brief History of British and American Comics and Criticism; Retrospective: Critical Models of Gothic and Comics; Part Two : Medium; Introduction: A Gothic Critical Model of Comics; 3-Haunted Places; 4-Excess, Embodiment and Artifice; 5-Revenant Readers, the Crypt and the Archive; Retrospective: Putting the Monster Together; Case Study I: "The Game," House of Mystery #178; Case Study II: "House of Secrets Promo," House of Mystery #182.
Case Study III: Prequel to iZombie #1Case Study IV: "Sleep of the Just," Sandman #1; Case Study V: The New Deadwardians, #1-8; Part Three : Culture and Content; Introduction; 6-A Comparative Study of Goth and Comics Cultures; 7-Gothic Content: Absorption and Atemporality; 8-Vampires and the Penetrative Bite and Gaze; 9-Zombies, Technology and Medical Magic; Reflections; Chapter Notes; References; Index.