Comics and Novelization: A Literary History of Bandes Dessinees

This book explores the relationship between comics and literature, focusing on comics-related novels that have been largely unexplored. It argues that the two artistic media have maintained a mutual emulation throughout their coexistence in media culture. The book inventories French comics-related novels and studies them to piece together a literary history of bande dessinée from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries.

Format: Hardback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on the intricate interplay between comics and literature. It asserts that these two artistic mediums have consistently engaged in a reciprocal admiration, spanning their coexistence within media culture. Rather than concentrating on literary adaptations in the form of comics, this research delves into a largely unexplored realm: comics-related novels. The primary objective of this volume is to compile a comprehensive inventory of French comics-related novels and to conduct a thorough examination of these works. Within the confines of the French-speaking world, this book weaves together a literary history of bande dessinée, spanning from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. While the comic strip, including the aptly named graphic novel, has occasionally been perceived as the humble follower of an unrivaled literary model, these under-explored adaptations in novel form suggest a profound mutual relationship or even an emulation between the two media.

This captivating book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on the intricate interplay between comics and literature. It asserts that these two artistic mediums have consistently engaged in a reciprocal admiration, spanning their coexistence within media culture. Rather than concentrating on literary adaptations in the form of comics, this research delves into a largely unexplored realm: comics-related novels. The primary objective of this volume is to compile a comprehensive inventory of French comics-related novels and to conduct a thorough examination of these works. Within the confines of the French-speaking world, this book weaves together a literary history of bande dessinée, spanning from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. While the comic strip, including the aptly named graphic novel, has occasionally been perceived as the humble follower of an unrivaled literary model, these under-explored adaptations in novel form suggest a profound mutual relationship or even an emulation between the two media.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032436647