Rebuilding Story Worlds
Author | : Jan Baetens |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2020-06-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781978808478 |
ISBN-13 | : 197880847X |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rebuilding Story Worlds written by Jan Baetens and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a parallel world, full of architecturally distinctive city-states, the comics series The Obscure Cities represents one of literature's most impressive pieces of world-building. Rebuilding Story Worlds explores both the artistic traditions from which the series emerges and the innovative ways it plays with genre, gender, and urban space.