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The Rise of the Graphic Novel

Computational Criticism and the Evolution of Literary Value

Alexander Dunst author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:20th Jul '23

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Using digital methods, this book traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture.

Bringing digital methods to the study of comics, this book traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a collection of 250 titles, it shows how the genre builds on the style of popular comics while adapting selected features of the novel.Bringing digital humanities methods to the study of comics, this monograph traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a representative corpus of over 250 graphic novels from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, it shows how the genre has built on the visual style of comics while adopting selected features of the contemporary novel. This argument positions the graphic novel as a crucial case study for our understanding of twenty-first-century culture. More than simply a niche format, graphic novels demonstrate how contemporary literature reworks elements of genre narrative, reconfiguring rather than abolishing distinctions between high and low. The book also puts forward a new historical periodization for the graphic novel, centered on integration into the literary marketplace and leading to an explosive growth in page length and a diversification of aesthetic styles.

ISBN: 9781009182935

Dimensions: 236mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 520g

280 pages