American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion

The Superhero Afterlife

A. Lewis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46560-3 (ISBN)

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Unlocking a new and overdue model for reading comic books, this unique volume explores religious interpretations of popular comic book superheroes such as the Green Lantern and the Hulk. This superhero subgenre offers a hermeneutic for those interested in integrating mutiplicity into religious practices and considerations of the afterlife.

A. David Lewis is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University University, USA.

Introduction 1. The Six Elements of the Superhero Afterlife Subgenre 2. The Comic Book Medium's Glimpse of Eternity 3. Complexities of Character in Fantastic Four: Hereafter 4. Planetary, Promethea, and the Multiplicity of Selfhood Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.11.2014
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 192 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-46560-3 / 1137465603
ISBN-13	978-1-137-46560-3 / 9781137465603
Zustand	Neuware