02571nam 2200565 a 450 991045521700332120200520144314.097866124853051-60473-476-0(CKB)1000000000816886(EBL)515583(OCoLC)472608639(SSID)ssj0000334510(PQKBManifestationID)11253595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334510(PQKBWorkID)10271471(PQKB)11028133(MiAaPQ)EBC515583(OCoLC)798298195(MdBmJHUP)muse13683(Au-PeEL)EBL515583(CaPaEBR)ebr10340777(CaONFJC)MIL248479(EXLCZ)99100000000081688620080902d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAlan Moore[electronic resource] comics as performance, fiction as scalpel /Annalisa Di LiddoJackson University Press of Mississippic20091 online resource (212 p.)Great comics artists seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60473-213-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-201) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Formal Considerations on Alan Moore's Writing; CHAPTER 2. Chronotopes: Outer Space, the Cityscape, and the Space of Comics; CHAPTER 3. Moore and the Crisis of English Identity; CHAPTER 4. Finding a Way into Lost Girls; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970's. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the mainGreat comics artists.Electronic books.741.5/942Di Liddo Annalisa1977-963538MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455217003321Alan Moore2184771UNINA