The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel

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The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It includes original discussion on the current state of the graphic novel and analyzes how American, European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese renditions have shaped the field. Thirty-five leading scholars and historians unpack both forgotten trajectories as well as the famous key episodes, and explain how comics transitioned from being marketed as children's entertainment. Essays address the masters of the form, including Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore, and Marjane Satrapi, and reflect on their publishing history as well as their social and political effects. This ambitious history offers an extensive, detailed and expansive scholarly account of the graphic novel, and will be a key resource for scholars and students.

Jan Baetens is the co-author, with Hugo Frey, of The Graphic Novel. An Introduction (Cambridge, 2015). He has written various books (in French) on comics and graphic novels, among which is Herge ecrivain (2006). A specialist of the photo novel and the film photo novel, he has also widely published on film and literature (an English translation of his book Novelization is forthcoming). He is the founding editor of the journal Image and Narrative, which is one of the leading journals in the field. Hugo Frey is the co-author, with Jan Baetens, of The Graphic Novel. An Introduction (Cambridge, 2015). He is the author of two original studies of the history of modern French cinema, Louis Malle (2004) and Nationalism and the Cinema in France (2014). He is Editor for the series European Comics and Graphic Novels and he has also contributed to the series on Science Fiction, Frontiers of the Imagination. At the University of Chichester, he is Chair in Cultural and Visual History and serves as Head of Department of English, Creative Writing, History and Politics. He has also contributed as an Inspirational Lecturer for The Prince's Teaching Institute (PTI), London. Stephen E. Tabachnick has taught the graphic novel at the university level for more than twenty years, and is the editor of Teaching the Graphic Novel (2009); (co-editor Esther Saltzman) Drawn from the Classics: Graphic Adaptations of Literary Texts (2015); The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel (Cambridge, 2017); and author of The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel (2014). He has written or edited several books about Charles M. Doughty, T. E. Lawrence, Harold Pinter, and Rex Warner.

'... undoubtedly one of the great books of the year is [The] Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel (CUP, GBP125), a fabulously learned volume containing essays on everything from Little Nemo and The Silver Surfer to punk comics, Joe Sacco, LGBTQ comics and 'E-Graphic Novels'.' Tim Martin,, The Spectator '... an important addition to the scholarship on graphic literature, this volume will immediately be a foundational resource for all serious students of the genre. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals ; general readers.' M. F. McClure, Choice 'The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel is an ambitious and wideranging collection ... The essays in this volume are individually excellent, and the narrative that emerges across the chronological sections proves rewarding for readers prepared to tackle this behemoth from cover to cover ... In sum, this is an accessible and energetic volume that will primarily be of interest to scholars and students working in American studies, comics studies, literary studies, and related fields.' Victoria Addis, The Library