The poetics of Slumberland : animated spirits and the animating spirit

In __The Poetics of Slumberland__, Scott Bukatman celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. Bukatman begins with Winsor McCay’s __Little Nemo in Slumberland__ to explore how and why the emerging media of comics and cartoons brilliantly captured a playful, rebellious energy characterized by hyperbolic emotion, physicality, and imagination. The book broadens to consider similar “animated” behaviors in seemingly disparate media—films about Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh; the musical __My Fair Lady__ and the story of Frankenstein; the slapstick comedies of Jerry Lewis; and contemporary comic superheroes—drawing them all together as the purveyors of embodied utopias of disorder. In The Poetics Of Slumberland, Scott Bukatman Celebrates Play, Plasmatic Possibility, And The Life Of Images In Cartoons, Comics, And Cinema. Bukatman Begins With Winsor Mccay's Little Nemo In Slumberland To Explore How And Why The Emerging Media Of Comics And Cartoons Brilliantly Captured A Playful, Rebellious Energy. Slumberland Is More Than A Marvelous World For Nemo And Its Other Citizens; It Is An Aesthetic Space Defined By The Artist's Innovations. The Book Broadens To Consider Similar 'animated' Behaviors In Seemingly Disparate Media--films About Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, And Vincent Van Gogh; The Musical My Fair Lady And The Story Of Frankenstein; The Slapstick Comedies Of Jerry Lewis; And Contemporary Comic Superheroes--drawing Them All Together As Purveyors Of Embodied Utopias Of Disorder.--page 4 Of Cover. Introduction: The Lively, The Playful, And The Animated -- Drawn And Disorderly -- The Motionless Voyage Of Little Nemo -- Labor And Anima -- Disobedient Machines -- Labor And Animatedness -- Playing Superheroes. Scott Bukatman. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 239-250) And Index. "In The Poetics of Slumberland, Scott Bukatman celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. Bukatman begins with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland to explore how and why the emerging media of comics and cartoons brilliantly captured a playful, rebellious energy. Slumberland is more than a marvelous world for Nemo and its other citizens; it is an aesthetic space defined by the artist's innovations. The book broadens to consider similar 'animated' behaviors in seemingly disparate media--films about Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh; the musical My Fair Lady and the story of Frankenstein; the slapstick comedies of Jerry Lewis; and contemporary comic superheroes--drawing them all together as purveyors of embodied utopias of disorder."--Page 4 de la couverture "In The Poetics of Slumberland, Scott Bukatman celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. Bukatman begins with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland to explore how and why the emerging media of comics and cartoons brilliantly captured a playful, rebellious energy. Slumberland is more than a marvelous world for Nemo and its other citizens; it is an aesthetic space defined by the artist's innovations. The book broadens to consider similar 'animated' behaviors in seemingly disparate media--films about Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh; the musical My Fair Lady and the story of Frankenstein; the slapstick comedies of Jerry Lewis; and contemporary comic superheroes--drawing them all together as purveyors of embodied utopias of disorder"--Provided by publisher

In The Poetics of Slumberland, Scott Bukatman celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. Bukatman begins with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland to explore how and why the emerging media of comics and cartoons brilliantly captured a playful, rebellious energy characterized by hyperbolic emotion, physicality, and imagination. The book broadens to consider similar "animated" behaviors in seemingly disparate media—films about Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh; the musical My Fair Lady and the story of Frankenstein; the slapstick comedies of Jerry Lewis; and contemporary comic superheroes—drawing them all together as the purveyors of embodied utopias of disorder.

In The Poetics of Slumberland, Scott Bukatman celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. Bukatman begins with Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland to explore how and why the emerging media of comics and cartoons brilliantly captured a playful, rebellious energy characterized by hyperbolic emotion, physicality, and imagination. The book broadens to consider similar "animated" behaviors in seemingly disparate media—films about Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh; the musical My Fair Lady and the story of Frankenstein; the slapstick comedies of Jerry Lewis; and contemporary comic superheroes—drawing them all together as the purveyors of embodied utopias of disorder. Celebrates play, plasmatic possibility, and the life of images in cartoons, comics, and cinema. This book begins with Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" to explore how and why the media of comics and cartoons captured a playful, rebellious energy characterized by hyperbolic emotion, physicality, and imagination.