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Chute, Hillary. "Ragtime, Kavalier & Clay and the Framing of Comics." Modern Fiction Studies 54. (2008): 268–301. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:29 AM) Last edited by: joachim (3/14/16, 3:48 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1353/mfs.0.0024 BibTeX citation key: Chute2008a Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Ragtime", Chabon. Michael, Comics in literature, Doctorow. E.L., Literature, USA Creators: Chute Collection: Modern Fiction Studies |
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This essay explores the connection between contemporary fiction and contemporary graphic narrative by examining how two novels—E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (1975) and Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)—share the concerns (both formal and thematic) of graphic narrative: namely, an abiding interest in the narrativization of history. Both novels, works of historical fiction that are about the rise of popular, visual media in the twentieth-century, suggest the political value of popular forms that are innovative and yet widely accessible, and thus give us a way to think about the import and invention of graphic narrative.
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