HUNTING THEDARK KNIGHT
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BATMAN
WILL BROOKER
Will Brooker
is the leading academic expert on the Dark Knight,and author of the cultural history of Batman,
Batman Unmasked
. Hisother books include
Using the Force
and
Alice’s Adventures
. He editedthe
Audience Studies Reader
and
The Blade Runner Experience
, andwrote the BFI Film Classics volume on
Star Wars
. He is currentlyReader and Director of Research in Film and Television at KingstonUniversity, London, and editor of
Cinema Journal
.
‘A fascinating and incredibly detailed analysis of comic fiction’smost powerful and successful hero.’ – Pat Mills, author of
Batman: The Book of Shadows
‘Through the prism of poststructuralism, Will Brooker castsdazzling new light on Batman as myth, brand, and canon. BruceWayne encounters the likes of Foucault, Bakhtin, Barthes, andDerrida in an epic team-up across these pages. But more than just a theoretical excursion, this is a skilful, passionate argumentfor setting the Batman free from repressive, restrictive viewsof who and what the character can be. From author-functionto Joker-function, Brooker illuminates the strategies and crea-tive choices of “scriptors” such as Christopher Nolan and GrantMorrison, showing how they select, rework, and recombine ele-ments from Batman’s longer history and continuity. Hunting theDark Knight is, quite simply, a brilliant study of the Batman andcontemporary processes of rebooting, franchising and shaping acultural icon.’ – Matt Hills, author of
Triumph of a Time Lord
Search History:
Result 00 of 00
00 results for result for
p.
Hunting the Dark Knight
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…
(More)
2.1K
Reads
4
Readcasts
1
Embed Views
Recommended
More From This User
Notes
Load more
