{"product_id":"rebuilding-story-worlds-the-obscure-cities-by-schuiten-and-peeters-paperback-softback-9781978808478","title":"Rebuilding Story Worlds; The Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978808478","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRebuilding Story Worlds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJan Baetens (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978808478\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 June 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages, 34 b-w images, 43 color images\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In this compelling study of world making and storytelling in \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities\u003c\/i\u003e by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, Jan Baetens offers a subtle and intelligent reading of how structures of authorship, character, image, and world draw readers into a truly fictional universe in which interpretation and rereading are key. With this book, Baetens has certainly brought \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities\u003c\/i\u003e into its rightful place in the history of American and European comics.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Nancy Pedri, Memorial University of Newfoundland\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Baetens 'monograph is devoted to the overall concept of a series that was not originally conceived as such. The heterogeneity of the individual, complementary and contradicting volumes that stand for themselves and can be read in the context of the other volumes.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Comic.de\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"With clarity, insight, and depth, Jan Baetens' \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Story Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e gives the reader all the essential keys to navigate François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters' sprawling graphic novel series \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities—\u003c\/i\u003eBelgium's most sophisticated, contemporary \u003ci\u003ebande dessinée\u003c\/i\u003e opus.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Jean-Paul Gabilliet, author of Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of Comic Books in America\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA collaboration between Belgian artist François Schuiten and French writer Benoît Peeters, \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the few comics series to achieve massive popularity while remaining highly experimental in form and content. Set in a parallel world, full of architecturally distinctive city-states, \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities\u003c\/i\u003e also represents one of the most impressive pieces of world-building in any form of literature.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Story Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first full-length study of this seminal series, exploring both the artistic traditions from which it emerges and the innovative ways it plays with genre, gender, and urban space. Comics scholar Jan Baetens examines how Schuiten's work as an architectural designer informs the series' concerns with the preservation of historic buildings. He also includes an original interview with Peeters, which reveals how poststructuralist critical theory influenced their construction of a rhizomatic fictional world, one which has made space for fan contributions through the Alta Plana website.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Synthesizing cutting-edge approaches from both literary and visual studies, \u003ci\u003eRebuilding Story Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e will give readers a new appreciation for both the aesthetic ingenuity of \u003ci\u003eThe Obscure Cities\u003c\/i\u003e and its nuanced conception of politics.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e  List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e  1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A New Series, A New Type of Author\u003cbr\u003e  2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A World of Its Own\u003cbr\u003e  3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e More than a Possible World\u003cbr\u003e  4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Between Chapter and Series\u003cbr\u003e  5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A New Fantastic\u003cbr\u003e  6 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In and Out the Medium\u003cbr\u003e  7 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Doing Politics in Comics\u003cbr\u003e  8 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Close-reading \u003ci\u003eThe Leaning Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  9 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Conversation with Benoît Peeters\u003cbr\u003e  10 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Image Gallery\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Primary Sources\u003cbr\u003e  Secondary Sources\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681530245400,"sku":"9781978808478","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rebuilding-story-worlds-the-obscure-cities-by-schuiten-and-peeters-paperback-softback-9781978808478","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}