Bibliograph

Maus now, selected writings, edited by Hillary Chute

Type

Label

Maus now, selected writings, edited by Hillary Chute

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references(pages 349-388)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maus now

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Hillary Chute

Sub title

selected writings

Summary

"Richly illustrated with images from Art Spiegelman's work, Maus Now gathers together many of contemporary culture's leading critics, authors, and academics on the radical achievement and innovation of Maus more than forty years since its first publication. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture. Maus has shaped the fields of literature, history, and art, and enlivened our collective sense of what these practices can accomplish. Maus Now: Selected Writings collects responses to the work that confirm its unique and terrain-shifting status. Here, writers such as Philip Pullman, Robert Storr, Ruth Franklin, and others approach Maus from a wide range of viewpoints and traditions, inspired by the material's complexity. The book is organized into three very loosely chronological sections: "Contexts, " "Problems of Representation, " and "Legacy, " and offers translations of important French, Hebrew, and German essays on Maus for the first time. Maus is revelatory, and generative, in profound and long-lasting ways. With this collection, American literary scholar (and expert on comics and graphic narratives) Hillary Chute assembles the best work around the globe exploring this classic graphic biography"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification