American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife

By A. David Lewis

Book Overview

Unlocking a new and overdue model for reading comic books, this unique volume explores religious interpretations of popular comic book superheroes such as the Green Lantern and the Hulk. This superhero subgenre offers a hermeneutic for those interested in integrating mutiplicity into religious practices and considerations of the afterlife.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137465603
• ISBN13: 9781137465603
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"