{"product_id":"arresting-development-9781477310687","title":"Arresting Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMainstream narratives of the graphic novel’s development describe the form’s “coming of age,” its maturation from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. In \u003ci\u003eArresting Development\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Pizzino questions these established narratives, arguing that the medium’s history of censorship and marginalization endures in the minds of its present-day readers and, crucially, its authors. Comics and their writers remain burdened by the stigma of literary illegitimacy and the struggles for status that marked their earlier history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany graphic novelists are intensely aware of both the medium’s troubled past and their own tenuous status in contemporary culture. \u003ci\u003eArresting Development\u003c\/i\u003e presents case studies of four key works—Frank Miller’s \u003ci\u003eBatman: The Dark Knight Returns\u003c\/i\u003e, Alison Bechdel’s \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Burns’s \u003ci\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gilbert Hernandez’s \u003ci\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/i\u003e—exploring how \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArresting Development\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent point of connection between previous and current scholarship of the contemporary comics era—a project that encourages scholars to embrace the complexity of what it means to read and study comics. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePizzino's book is an excellent work for understanding the medium of comics in a transatlantic Anglophone world.\u003c\/p\u003e * Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImportant…[Pizzino's] case studies will undoubtedly shape future critical discussions of the individual works that are their focus.\u003c\/p\u003e * Studies in the Novel *\u003cbr\u003eI recommend \u003ci\u003eArresting Development\u003c\/i\u003e without reservation as the close readings of the comics in this book offer new insights that would not have been gained without the concept of autoclasm, a way of seeing comics as comics. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Pizzino's] argument uncovers an important and often misunderstood history of comics' battle for cultural acceptance…Pizzino produces some enlightening readings of the formal ways cartoonists respond to the problem of legitimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e * Twentieth-Century Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArresting Development\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating book...Pizzino offers interesting and thoughtful reflections on a number of important comic creators and works, and presents a refreshing new way to look at the question of 'status' in comics and the place of comics in relation to literature and fine art. * Comic Book Yeti *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: From the Basement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Coming of Age: The Problem of the \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Autoclastic Icons: Picturing Illegitimacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Pop Art Comics: Frank Miller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Scandal of Pleasure: Alison Bechdel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Rolling in the Gutter: Charles Burns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Blood and Fire: Gilbert Hernandez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: On Becoming a Comics Scholar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408946766167,"sku":"9781477310687","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477310687.jpg?v=1730504812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arresting-development-9781477310687","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}