Web-Spinning Heroics
Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man
Edited by Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner
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This volume collects a wide-ranging sample of fresh analyses of Spider-Man. It traverses boundaries of medium, genre, epistemology and discipline in essays both insightful and passionate that move forward the study of one of the world’s most beloved characters. The editors have crafted the book for fans, creators and academics alike. Foreword by Tom DeFalco, with poetry and an afterword by Gary Jackson (winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize).
About the authors:
Robert Moses Peaslee is an associate professor and chair of Journalism and Electronic Media at the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. His work has been published in several journals and he is coeditor of two previous essay collections on comics.
Robert G. Weiner is associate humanities librarian at Texas Tech University. His work has been published in the Journal of Popular Culture, Public Library Quarterly, Journal of American Culture, International Journal of Comic Art and Popular Music and Society.
Press Reviews:
"Intriguing…a must…highly recommended"—Midwest Book Review; "remarkable"—startribune.com; "this collection examines a wide variety of philosophical, psychological, and cultural perspectives on this enduring comic book icon"—Reference & Research Book News.
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