Literary Angel

Essays on Influences and Traditions Reflected in the Joss Whedon Series

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av AmiJo Comeford, Tamy Burnett, AmiJo Comeford, Tamy Burnett, Amijo Comeford

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The fictionalized Los Angeles of television's Angel is a world filled with literature--from the all-important Shansu prophecy that predicts Angel's return to a state of humanity to the ever-present books dominating the characters' research sessions. This collection brings together essays that engage Angel as a text to be addressed within the wider fields of narrative and literature. It is divided into four distinct parts, each with its own internal governing themes and focus: archetypes, narrative and identity, theory and philosophy, and genre. Each provides opportunities for readers to examine a wide variety of characters, tropes, and literary nuances and influences throughout all five televised seasons of the series and in the current continuation of the series in comic book form.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-07-20
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786446612

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AmiJo Comeford, professor of English at Utah Tech University, writes primarily about popular culture and television and also serves as a university ombudsman. She has previously written about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and American Civil War poetry. Tamy Burnett, associate director for the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, writes about popular culture, especially television, often with a focus on gender and sexuality. She has previously written about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The X-Files, and Veronica Mars.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Los Angeles, City of StoryAMIJO COMEFORD and TAMY BURNETT One : ArchetypesBiting Humor: Harmony, Parody, and the Female VampireLORNA JOWETT Doyle as “The Passing Figure” and Nella Larsen’s PassingANGEL ANDERSON Pylean Idol: L.A.’s De(con)struction of a Postmodern BardJENNIFER HAMILTON Lilah Morgan: Whedon’s Legal Femme FataleSHARON SUTHERLAND and SARAH SWAN Two : Narrative & IdentityFred’s Captivity Narrative: American Contexts for (Re)Writing Community Identity from Mary Rowlandson to AngelTAMY BURNETT Feminist Abuse Survivor Narratives in Angel and Sarah Daniels’s Beside HerselfANIKA STAFFORD Numero Cinco, Border Narratives, and Mexican Cultural Performance in AngelVICTORIA PETTERSEN LANTZ Three : Theory & Philosophy(Re)Negotiating the Dystopian Dilemma: Huxley, Orwell, and AngelMARY ELLEN IATROPOULOS Angel vs. the Grand Inquisitor: Joss Whedon Re- imagines DostoevskyKATIA MCCLAIN Charles Gunn, Wolfram & Hart, and Baudrillard’s Theory of the SimulacrumK. SHANNON HOWARD “It’s a play on perspective”: A Reading of Whedon’s Illyria through Sartre’s NauseaCYNTHEA MASSON Four : GenreHelping the Helpless: Medieval Romance in AngelAMIJO COMEFORD Whedon Meets Sophocles: Prophecy and AngelLAUREL BOWMAN Detective Fiction/Fictionality from Asmodeus to AngelALISON JAQUET It (Re-)Started with a Girl: The Creative Interplay Between TV and Comics in Angel: After the FallSTACEY ABBOTT About the Contributors Bibliography Index