Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman

by Will Brooker

Book Overview

Publishing alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's third Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises", Will Brooker's new book explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations. Brooker's close analysis of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" offers a rigorous, accessible account of the complex relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media convergence. By exploring themes of authorship, adaptation and intertextuality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848852800
• ISBN13: 9781848852808
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"