Batman and the shadows of modernity: a critical genealogy on contemporary hero in the age of nihilism

This book aims to study the Batman narrative, or Bat-narrative, from the point of view of its nodal relationship to modern narrative. To this end, it offers for the first time a new type of methodology adequate to the object, which delves both into materials scarcely studied in this context and well...

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Main Author: Carrión-Arias, Rafael 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2025
Series:Literary criticism and cultural theory
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Online Access:DE-188
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Summary:This book aims to study the Batman narrative, or Bat-narrative, from the point of view of its nodal relationship to modern narrative. To this end, it offers for the first time a new type of methodology adequate to the object, which delves both into materials scarcely studied in this context and well-known materials seen in a new light. This is a multidisciplinary work aimed at both the specialist and the global reader, bringing together comic studies, philosophical criticism, and literary criticism in a debate on the fate of our current global civilization
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (264 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781003362210
DOI:10.4324/9781003362210

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