Neil Gaiman in the 21st century
Subtitle: essays on the novels, children's stories, online writings, comics and other works
By: edited by Tara Prescott
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780786494774; 9781476619941
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "This collection of new essays examines a range of Gaiman's prolific output. Gaiman's return to the serial comic book form is covered, and Artist J.H. Williams III contributes an exclusive interview about his collaboration with Gaiman. Cartoonist Judd Winick offers a personal essay on how contemporary artists have been influenced by Gaiman's work"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American Gods (2001).; title: The American Odyssey  -- Jenn Anya Prosser ;; title: The Anxiety of Disappearance  -- Michael B. Key -- The Wolves in the Walls (2003) and Blueberry Girl (2009).; title: Toward a Feminist Reading of Gaiman's Picture Books  -- Renata Lucena Dalmaso -- Anansi Boys (2005).; title: "The old man was gone": The Problematic Unity of Tricksters, Gods and Fathers in Anansi Boys and American Gods  -- Laura-Marie von Czarnowsky ;; title: "You heard her, you ain't blind": The "Haunting" Presence of Their Eyes Were Watching God  -- Danielle Russell -- The Graveyard Book (2008).; title: The Jungle, the Graveyard and the Feral Child: Imitating and Transforming Kipling Beyond Pastiche  -- Jennifer McStotts ;; title: Wisdom, Strength and Courtesy: Graveyard-Favor Go with Thee  -- Margaret Seyford Hrezo -- "Nightmare in Silver" (2013).; title: "We've upgraded ourselves": Gaiman's Resurrection of the Cybermen  -- Emily Capettini -- The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013).; title: What Neil Gaiman Teaches Us About Survival: Making Good Art and Diving into the Ocean  -- Monica Miller ;; title: Remembering the Dead: Narratives of Childhood  -- Rebecca Long ;; title: Augustinian Memory and Place  -- Andrew Eichel ;; title: Not at Home: Examining the Uncanny  -- Yaeri Kim ;; title: "The essence of grandmotherliness": Ideal Motherhood and Threatening Female Sexuality  -- Courtney M. Landis -- A Calendar of Tales (2013).; title: Remixing Time and Space  -- Merideth Garcia -- Sandman: Overture (2014).; title: Aperture for a Storyteller: An Interview with JH Williams III  -- John Bultena ;; title: Warming Up the Strings  -- Tara Prescott ;; title: Issue #1 Through a New Reader's Eyes  -- Nadia Eshraghi ;; title: Listening to the Endless: Music and Musicians in the Extended Sandman Universe  -- Tom Zlabinger ;; title: Beginnings and Endless-ings -- Judd Winick.