{"product_id":"alan-moore-annalisa-di-liddo-9781604732139","title":"Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel","description":"Eclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAlan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel\u003c\/i\u003e, Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion of genre and pulp fiction, the interrogation of superhero tropes, the manipulation of space and time, the uses of magic and mythology, the instability of gender and ethnic identity, and the accumulation of imagery to create satire that comments on politics and art history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Examining Moore's use of comics to scrutinize contemporary culture, Di Liddo analyzes his best-known works--\u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eV for Vendetta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePromethea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLost Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. The study also highlights Moore's lesser-known output, such as \u003ci\u003eHalo Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkizz\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBig Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, and his prose novel \u003ci\u003eVoice of the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAlan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Moore to be one of the most significant and distinctly postmodern comics creators of the last quarter-century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annalisa Di Liddo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160473213X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604732139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2009 pg. 21","brand":"Annalisa Di Liddo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054808363263,"sku":"9781604732139","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93f0252f-b5a0-4816-bcbc-144fb559d98b.jpg?v=1685032116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alan-moore-annalisa-di-liddo-9781604732139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}