LEADER 02571nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910455217003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612485305 010 $a1-60473-476-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816886 035 $a(EBL)515583 035 $a(OCoLC)472608639 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10271471 035 $a(PQKB)11028133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515583 035 $a(OCoLC)798298195 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340777 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248479 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816886 100 $a20080902d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlan Moore$b[electronic resource] $ecomics as performance, fiction as scalpel /$fAnnalisa Di Liddo 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 1 $aGreat comics artists series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-213-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 182-201) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970's. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main 410 0$aGreat comics artists. 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a741.5/942 700 $aDi Liddo$b Annalisa$f1977-$0963538 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455217003321 996 $aAlan Moore$92184771 997 $aUNINA