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Legends of Charlemagne
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 3.99Travel back in time with this collection of fables and legends set in medieval France. Famed folklorist Thomas Bulfinch brings together a carefully curated compendium of stories that are sure to delight. A bevy of damsels in distress and courageous knights populate these pages in tales that veer from action-adventure to romance and back again. more...
Drawn to New York
PM Press 2013; US$ 9.99A declaration of love to Peter Kuper?s adoptive city in which he has lived since 1977, this diary is a vibrant survey of New York City?s history. Through Kuper?s illustrations, this book depicts a climb to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, the homeless living in Times Square, roller skaters in Central Park, the impact of September 11, the luxury of... more...
Studies on Byzantine Literature of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Cambridge University Press 1984; US$ 35.00Histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view. more...
A Companion to Alexander Literature in the Middle Ages
BRILL 2011; US$ 196.00Drawing on decades of research on Alexander literature from all over the world, this book is bound to become a medievalist's best companion. It studies Alexander romances from the East and the West in literary form and content. more...
Medieval Oral Literature
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 224.00Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. In ?Medieval Oral Literature? in the ?De Gruyter Lexikon? series, an international team of scholars has provided an in-depth discussion both of theoretical issues and various poetic traditions and genres. In addition to the... more...
Hand of Fire
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 25.00Jack Kirby (1917-1994) is one of the most influential and popular artists in comics history. With Stan Lee, he created the Fantastic Four and defined the drawing and narrative style of Marvel Comics from the 1960s to the present day. Kirby is credited with creating or cocreating a number of Marvel's mainstay properties, among them the X-Men, the Hulk,... more...
In Between
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 64.69Hauptbeschreibung Thanks to the recent »return to religion«, the holy has become a relevant issue in public debate, as is suggested by concepts such as »re-sacralization« and »re-enchantment«. Holy war and religiously motivated terrorist attacks, the fascination in popular culture for subjects such as the Holy Grail (as in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code),... more...
The Ages of Superman
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00Since Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1 in 1938, the superhero has changed with the times to remain a relevant icon of American popular culture. This collection explores the evolution of the Superman character and demonstrates how his alterations mirror historical changes in American society. Beginning with the original comic... more...
Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan Moore
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00Alan Moore, the idiosyncratic, controversial and often shocking writer of such works as Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V for Vendetta, remains a benchmark for readers of comics and graphic novels. This collection investigates the political, social, cultural, and sexual ideologies that emerge from his seminal work, Lost Girls,... more...
Crossing Boundaries in Graphic Narrative
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00Although the idea that graphic narratives represent an important literary form is still debated in academic circles, in recent years comics scholarship has emerged into wider contexts. This collection of new essays considers various literary approaches to graphic narrative and sequential art. The authors examine the politics of comic form and narrative,... more...









