Superheroes of the Round Table: Comics Connections to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

by Jason Tondro

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786460687
• ISBN13: 9780786460687
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher