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Publication Date
2012-02-01
Pages
208
ISBN
9781617032349
Book Title
Lynda Barry : Girlhood Through the Looking Glass
Book Series
Great Comics Artists Ser.
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Item Length
9.1 in
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Susan E. Kirtley
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Women Authors, Techniques / Cartooning, Subjects & Themes / Women, Criticism & Theory, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Comics & Graphic Novels
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
208 Pages
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Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1617032344
ISBN-13
9781617032349
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111283447

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lynda Barry : Girlhood Through the Looking Glass
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women Authors, Techniques / Cartooning, Subjects & Themes / Women, Criticism & Theory, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Susan E. Kirtley
Book Series
Great Comics Artists Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-024295
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
No one renders girlhood or reanimates memory like Lynda Barry. Susan Kirtley's new book makes a thoroughly powerful argument for devoting critical attention to Barry's work, indeed for placing Barry close to the center of our consideration of autobiography, the literature of adolescence, and the graphic novel. As Kirtley so ably demonstrates, there are many sides to Lynda Barry's career, and Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass is the first place where they have been assembled with the critical synthesis they deserve., "No one renders girlhood or reanimates memory like Lynda Barry. Susan Kirtley's new book makes a thoroughly powerful argument for devoting critical attention to Barry's work, indeed for placing Barry close to the center of our consideration of autobiography, the literature of adolescence, and the graphic novel. As Kirtley so ably demonstrates, there are many sides to Lynda Barry's career, and Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass is the first place where they have been assembled with the critical synthesis they deserve." --Isaac Cates, Department of English, University of Vermont, I thought I knew about Lynda Barry, until I read Susan Kirtley's Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass . In each chapter, Kirtley gives us new, provocative interpretations of such diverse Barry texts as the Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! coloring book, The Good Times Are Killing Me play, the novel Cruddy and the graphic novel What It Is . Kirtley's writing--a combination of enviable clarity and the savvy application of narratology, comic art theory, and other ideas--does justice to Barry's kaleidoscopic take on troubled American girlhood. Anyone interested in Barry, female comics creators, or contemporary comics culture should read Kirtley's book., "I thought I knew about Lynda Barry, until I read Susan Kirtley's Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass . In each chapter, Kirtley gives us new, provocative interpretations of such diverse Barry texts as the Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! coloring book, The Good Times Are Killing Me play, the novel Cruddy and the graphic novel What It Is . Kirtley's writing--a combination of enviable clarity and the savvy application of narratology, comic art theory, and other ideas--does justice to Barry's kaleidoscopic take on troubled American girlhood. Anyone interested in Barry, female comics creators, or contemporary comics culture should read Kirtley's book." --Craig Fischer, Department of English, Appalachian State University, I thought I knew about Lynda Barry, until I read Susan Kirtleys Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass . In each chapter, Kirtley gives us new, provocative interpretations of such diverse Barry texts as the Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! coloring book, The Good Times Are Killing Me play, the novel Cruddy and the graphic novel What It Is . Kirtleys writinga combination of enviable clarity and the savvy application of narratology, comic art theory, and other ideasdoes justice to Barrys kaleidoscopic take on troubled American girlhood. Anyone interested in Barry, female comics creators, or contemporary comics culture should read Kirtleys book.Craig Fischer, Department of English, Appalachian State University, Kirtley brings just the right combination of wit, wisdom and creative quirkiness to this important first academic study of the witty, wise and mercurial Lynda Barry. Focusing on Barry's lifelong engagement with the inner lives of girls across various graphic forms--comic strips, illustrated novels, graphic memoirs, and autobiographical workshop texts--Kirtley brilliantly avoids the trap of trying to pin Barry down within either comics or American literary history, instead allowing Barry's career as an 'image-wrangler' to define its own rules and ultimately its own canon., "Kirtley brings just the right combination of wit, wisdom and creative quirkiness to this important first academic study of the witty, wise and mercurial Lynda Barry. Focusing on Barry's lifelong engagement with the inner lives of girls across various graphic forms--comic strips, illustrated novels, graphic memoirs, and autobiographical workshop texts--Kirtley brilliantly avoids the trap of trying to pin Barry down within either comics or American literary history, instead allowing Barry's career as an 'image-wrangler' to define its own rules and ultimately its own canon." --Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the History of 21st-Century Storytelling, Kirtley brings just the right combination of wit, wisdom and creative quirkiness to this important first academic study of the witty, wise and mercurial Lynda Barry. Focusing on Barrys lifelong engagement with the inner lives of girls across various graphic formscomic strips, illustrated novels, graphic memoirs, and autobiographical workshop textsKirtley brilliantly avoids the trap of trying to pin Barry down within either comics or American literary history, instead allowing Barrys career as an image-wranglerto define its own rules and ultimately its own canon.Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the History of 21st-Century Storytelling, No one renders girlhood or reanimates memory like Lynda Barry. Susan Kirtleys new book makes a thoroughly powerful argument for devoting critical attention to Barrys work, indeed for placing Barry close to the center of our consideration of autobiography, the literature of adolescence, and the graphic novel. As Kirtley so ably demonstrates, there are many sides to Lynda Barrys career, and Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass is the first place where they have been assembled with the critical synthesis they deserve.Isaac Cates, Department of English, University of Vermont
Dewey Decimal
741.5/973 B
Synopsis
Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, illustrated fiction (Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me), and graphic novels (One Hundred Demons ), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes What It Is (2008) and Picture This (2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions. In Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass, author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses--from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism., Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek , illustrated fiction ( Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me ), and graphic novels ( One! Hundred! Demons! ), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes What It Is (2008) and Picture This (2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions. In Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass , author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses?from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism., Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek , illustrated fiction ( Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me ), and graphic novels ( One! Hundred! Demons! ), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes What It Is (2008) and Picture This (2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions. In Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass , author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses--from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism., Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, illustrated fiction (Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me), and graphic novels (One! Hundred! Demons!), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes What It Is (2008) and Picture This (2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions.In Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass, author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses--from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism.
LC Classification Number
NX512.B37K57 2012

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