Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman by Brooker, Will

Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848852808)

Vendor: Will Brooker
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman by Brooker, Will

Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman

$29.95
Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman by Brooker, Will

Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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Publishing alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's third Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises", Will Brooker's new book explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations. Brooker's close analysis of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" offers a rigorous, accessible account of the complex relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media convergence. By exploring themes of authorship, adaptation and intertextuality, he addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did "Batman Begins" end when "The Dark Knight began? Does its story include the Gotham Knight DVD, or the 'Why So Serious' viral marketing campaign? Is it separate from the parallel narratives of the Arkham Asylum videogame, the monthly comic books, the animated series and the graphic novels? Can the brightly campy incarnations of the Batman ever be fully repressed by "The Dark Knight", or are they an intrinsic part of the character? Do all of these various manifestations feed into a single Batman metanarrative? This will be a vital text for film students and academics, as well as legions of Batman fans.

Author: Will Brooker
ISBN-10: 1848852800
ISBN-13: 9781848852808
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.91d
By Will Brooker
By Will Brooker
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Will Brooker is the leading academic expert on the Dark Knight, and author of the cultural history of Batman, Batman Unmasked. His other books include Using the Force and Alice's Adventures. He edited the Audience Studies Reader and The Blade Runner Experience, and wrote the BFI Film Classics volume on Star Wars. He is currently Director of Research in Film and Television at Kingston University, London, and editor of Cinema Journal.

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