Tondro, Jason. Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature

Folger bibliographic ID: 264865
Folger call number: PN6714 .T66 2011
Folger holdings ID: 350506

"Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison"--Provided by publisher

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Introduction -- Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man -- Kirby's masque -- "By my so potent art" -- Arthur, the four-color king -- Grant Morrison's Grail quest

Extended title: Superheroes of the Round Table : comics connections to Medieval and Renaissance literature / Jason Tondro

Comic books, strips, etc Heroes in art English literature Renaissance Art and literature

author: Tondro, Jason, 1968-