Openness of Comics: Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures by Maaheen Ahm

Description: Openness of Comics by Maaheen Ahmed Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description How comics generate significance and weave images and words into a narrative art Publisher Description Never before have comics seemed so popular or diversified, proliferating across a broad spectrum of genres, experimenting with a variety of techniques, and gaining recognition as a legitimate, rich form of art. Maaheen Ahmed examines this trend by taking up philosopher Umberto Ecos notion of the open work of art, whereby the reader - or listener or viewer, as the case may be - is offered several possibilities of interpretation in a cohesive narrative and aesthetic structure. Ahmed delineates the visual, literary, and other medium-specific features used by comics to form open rather than closed works, methods by which comics generate or limit meaning as well as increase and structure the scope of reading into a work.Ahmed analyzes a diverse group of British, American, and European (Franco-Belgian, German, Finnish) comics. She treats examples from the key genre categories of fictionalized memoirs and biographies, adventure and superhero, noir, black comedy and crime, science fiction and fantasy. Her analyses demonstrate the ways in which comics generate openness by concentrating on the gaps essential to the very medium of comics, the range of meaning ensconced within words and images as well as their interaction with each other.The analyzed comics, extending from famous to lesser known works, include Will Eisners The Contract with God Trilogy, Jacques Tardis It Was the War of the Trenches, Hugo Pratts The Ballad of the Salty Sea, Edmond Baudoins The Voyage, Grant Morrison and Dave McKeans Arkham Asylum, Neil Gaimans Sandman series, Alan Moore and Eddie Campbells From Hell, Moebiuss Arzach, Yslaires Cloud 99 series, and Jarmo Mäkiläs Taxi Ride to Van Goghs Ear. Author Biography Maaheen Ahmed, Brussels, Belgium, is currently funded by the FWO (Research Foundation-Flanders) and is a postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University. In addition to contributing to several edited collections, Ahmed has published articles in, among others, SCAN: Journal of Media Arts Culture, Les Cahiers du GRIT, European Journal of American Studies, and International Journal of Comic Art. Details ISBN 1496805933 ISBN-13 9781496805935 Title Openness of Comics Author Maaheen Ahmed Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 224 Publisher University Press of Mississippi GE_Item_ID:97639931; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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