Superheroes of the Round Table
Subtitle: comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature
By: Jason Tondro
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780786460687
Subjects: Renaissance; Art and literature; Heroes in art; English literature; Comic books, strips; History and criticism
Description: "Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man; title: Kirby's masque; title: "By my so potent art"; title: Arthur, the four-color king; title: Grant Morrison's Grail quest.