Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels - Couverture souple

Ebert, John David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1496029453 ISBN 13 : 9781496029454

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The novel is no longer the youngest medium, but today has been displaced by the graphic novel, an even younger medium. Whereas the novel had been concerned with the various utopian projects of Modernity, the graphic novel operates inside a world horizon of mad scientists, failed superheroes and crumbling cities. Indeed, it takes for granted the failure of all modernizing utopias, while simultaneously retrieving two-dimensional Giant Humans from the world of the ancient epics with which to construct personal immune systems for the Self, especially since public immune systems no longer function properly. In this book, John David Ebert discusses 24 of the most popular graphic novels of all time, including "The Dark Knight Returns," "Watchmen," "Black Hole," etc., looking for traces of the new imaginary significations with which the youth of today are shoring up the ruins of their own subjectivities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of seven previous books, including "Art After Metaphysics," "The New Media Invasion," "Post-Classic Cinema," "The Age of Catastrophe" and "Dead Celebrities, Living Icons." His video discussions of great philosophers are available on YouTube.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1496029453
• ISBN 13: 9781496029454
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg