Classics and comics [electronic resource] / edited by George Kovacs and C. W. Marshall.
Kovacs, George, 1976-; Marshall, C. W., 1968-
2011
PN6725 .C57 2011eb
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Title Classics and comics [electronic resource] / edited by George Kovacs and C. W. Marshall.
ISBN 9780199792368 (electronic book)
9780199734184
9780199734191
Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 265 p.) : ill.
Call Number PN6725 .C57 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 741.5/3142
Summary Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture. Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Kovacs, George, 1976-
Marshall, C. W., 1968-
Series Classical presences.
Available in Other Form Classics and comics.
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Coming up to code: ancient divinities revisited / Craig Dethloff
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A reading list of classics in comics.

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