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* The first-ever anthology to address the philosophical issues raised by the art of comics
* Provides an extensive and thorough introduction to the field, and to comics more generally
* Responds to the increasing philosophical interest in comic art
* Includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren Ellis
* Many of the chapters are illustrated, and the book carries a stunning cover by the rising young comics star David Heatley
* The first-ever anthology to address the philosophical issues raised by the art of comics
* Provides an extensive and thorough introduction to the field, and to comics more generally
* Responds to the increasing philosophical interest in comic art
* Includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren Ellis
* Many of the chapters are illustrated, and the book carries a stunning cover by the rising young comics star David Heatley
The Editors
Aaron Meskin is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on aesthetics and other philosophical subjects. His work on comics has been published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and the British Journal of Aesthetics. He was the first aesthetics editor for the online journal Philosophy Compass, and he co-edited Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). He is a former Trustee of the American Society for Aesthetics and is Treasurer of the British Society of Aesthetics.
Roy T. Cook is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, a Resident Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and an Associate Fellow of the Northern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on philosophical logic, mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and more recently on the aesthetics of comics. He previously edited The Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction (2007), and is the author of A Dictionary of Philosophical Logic (2009).
List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xii
Warren Ellis
The Art and Philosophy of Comics: An Introduction xiv
Aaron Meskin and Roy T. Cook
Part One: The Nature and Kinds of Comics 1
1 Redefining Comics 3
John Holbo
2 The Ontology of Comics 31
Aaron Meskin
3 Comics and Collective Authorship 47
Christy Mag Uidhir
4 Comics and Genre 68
Catharine Abell
Part Two: Comics and Representation 85
5 Wordy Pictures: Theorizing the Relationship between Image and Text in Comics 87
Thomas E. Wartenberg
6 What's So Funny? Comic Content in Depiction 105
Patrick Maynard
7 The Language of Comics 125
Darren Hudson Hick
Part Three: Comics and the Other Arts 145
8 Making Comics into Film 147
Henry John Pratt
9 Why Comics Are Not Films: Metacomics and Medium?]Specific Conventions 165
Roy T. Cook
10 Proust's In Search of Lost Time : The Comics Version 188
David Carrier
Index 203
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 256 |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118799468 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118799461 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Meskin, Aaron
Cook, Roy T |
| Redaktion: |
Meskin, Aaron
Cook, Roy T. |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Aaron Meskin (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.02.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,318 kg |
The Editors
Aaron Meskin is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on aesthetics and other philosophical subjects. His work on comics has been published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and the British Journal of Aesthetics. He was the first aesthetics editor for the online journal Philosophy Compass, and he co-edited Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). He is a former Trustee of the American Society for Aesthetics and is Treasurer of the British Society of Aesthetics.
Roy T. Cook is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, a Resident Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and an Associate Fellow of the Northern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on philosophical logic, mathematical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and more recently on the aesthetics of comics. He previously edited The Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction (2007), and is the author of A Dictionary of Philosophical Logic (2009).
List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xii
Warren Ellis
The Art and Philosophy of Comics: An Introduction xiv
Aaron Meskin and Roy T. Cook
Part One: The Nature and Kinds of Comics 1
1 Redefining Comics 3
John Holbo
2 The Ontology of Comics 31
Aaron Meskin
3 Comics and Collective Authorship 47
Christy Mag Uidhir
4 Comics and Genre 68
Catharine Abell
Part Two: Comics and Representation 85
5 Wordy Pictures: Theorizing the Relationship between Image and Text in Comics 87
Thomas E. Wartenberg
6 What's So Funny? Comic Content in Depiction 105
Patrick Maynard
7 The Language of Comics 125
Darren Hudson Hick
Part Three: Comics and the Other Arts 145
8 Making Comics into Film 147
Henry John Pratt
9 Why Comics Are Not Films: Metacomics and Medium?]Specific Conventions 165
Roy T. Cook
10 Proust's In Search of Lost Time : The Comics Version 188
David Carrier
Index 203
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 256 |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781118799468 |
| ISBN-10: | 1118799461 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Meskin, Aaron
Cook, Roy T |
| Redaktion: |
Meskin, Aaron
Cook, Roy T. |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Aaron Meskin (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.02.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,318 kg |
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