Graphic Subjects: Critical Essays on Autobiography and Graphic Novels (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

Some of the most noteworthy graphic novels and comic books of recent years have been entirely autobiographical. In __Graphic Subjects__, Michael A. Chaney brings together a lively mix of scholars to examine the use of autobiography within graphic novels, including such critically acclaimed examples as Art Spiegelman’s __Maus__, David Beauchard’s __Epileptic__, Marjane Satrapi’s __Persepolis__, Alan Moore’s __Watchmen__, and Gene Yang’s __American Born Chinese__. These essays, accompanied by visual examples, illuminate the new horizons that illustrated autobiographical narrative creates. The volume insightfully highlights the ways that graphic novelists and literary cartoonists have incorporated history, experience, and life stories into their work. The result is a challenging and innovative collection that reveals the combined power of autobiography and the graphic novel. In Graphic Subjects, Michael A. Chaney Brings Together A Lively Mix Of Scholars To Examine The Use Of Autobiography Within Graphic Novels.... These Essays, Accompanied By Visual Examples, Illuminate The New Horizons That Illustrated Autobiographical Narrative Creates -- From Cover. Reading Comics : Art Spiegelman On Cd-rom / Paul John Eakin -- Mourning And Postmemory / Marianne Hirsch -- Art Spiegelman And Autobiographical Re-vision / Erin Mcglothlin -- Breakdowns And Breakthroughs : Looking For Art In Young Spiegelman / Bella Brodzki -- Human Rights And Comics : Autobiographical Avatars, Crisis Witnessing, And Transnational Rescue Networks / Sidonie Smith -- Picturing Oneself As Another / Linda Haverty Rugg -- Dominique Goblet : The List Principle And The Meaning Of Form / Jan Baetens -- The Animal Witness Of The Rwandan Genocide / Michael A. Chaney -- Autobiography As Discovery In Epileptic / Stephen E. Tabachnick -- Manga And The End Of Japan's 1960s / James Dorsey -- Autographic Disclosures And Genealogies Of Desire In Alison Bechdel's Fun Home / Julia Watson -- Witnessing Persepolis : Comics, Trauma, And Childhood Testimony / Leigh Gilmore -- A Story Told In Flashback : Remediating Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis / Nima Naghibi -- Autobiography : The Process Negates The Term / Phoebe Gloeckner -- Up From Surgery : The Politics Of Self-representation In Women's Graphic Memoirs Of Illness / Theresa Tensuan -- The Gutter Effect In Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's A Dialogue On Love / Carolyn Williams -- Photau(gyno)graphy : The Work Of Joanne Leonard / Domna C. Stanton -- The Diary Comic / Isaac Cates -- Justin Green : Autobiography Meets The Comics / Joseph Witek -- Narrative Worldmaking In Graphic Life Writing / David Herman -- In Praise Of Joseph Witek's Comic Books As History / Ian Gordon -- Selective Mutual Reinforcement In The Comics Of Chester Brown, Joe Matt, And Seth / Bart Beaty -- Keeping It (hyper)real : Autobiographical Fiction In 3-d / Damian Duffy -- Fictional Auto/biography And Graphic Lives In Watchmen / Victoria A. Elmwood -- American Born Chinese : Challenging The Stereotype / Rocío G. David -- Materializing Memory : Lynda Barry's One Hundred Demons / Hillary Chute -- Reflections On Lynda Barry / Andrea A. Lunsford. Edited By Michael A. Chaney. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.