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Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire

Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire Paperback - 2008

by Kerry D Soper

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  • Title Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire
  • Author Kerry D Soper
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition, P
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Mississippi, Jackson
  • Date 2008-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9781934110898_pod
  • ISBN 9781934110898 / 1934110892
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.08 x 0.52 in (22.76 x 15.44 x 1.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Satire, American - History and criticism, Trudeau, G. B. - Criticism and interpretation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008003698
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.569

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Since 1968, Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public figures, movie stars, heads of state, and even on himself. Trudeau has also advocated for artists' rights and challenged industry norms while keeping a decidedly low profile. In Garry Trudeau: "Doonesbury" and the Aesthetics of Satire, Kerry D. Soper traces the contribution of this groundbreaking artist.

Trudeau is arguably the premier American political and social satirist of the last forty years. Amazingly, he achieved this on the comics page, rather than the editorial page. By defying convention, Trudeau has established a hybrid form of popular satire that capitalizes on the narrative continuity and broad reach of the comic strip form, while operating according to the rules of combative political commentary.

Garry Trudeau: "Doonesbury" and the Aesthetics of Satire is divided into chapters that offer a history of Doonesbury; an analysis of Trudeau's effective satiric methods; a discussion of the methods whereby he challenged the business practices of the comic strip industry; an examination of the aesthetics of Doonesbury; and a consideration of Trudeau's significance as a social chronicler through an analysis of his character construction, narrative practices, and documentation of the American zeitgeist. Garry Trudeau is a thorough assessment of one of America's most popular and controversial cartoonists.

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About the author

Kerry D. Soper is director of the American studies program and associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is author of We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire and Gary Larson and "The Far Side, " both published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the Journal of American Studies, International Journal of Comic Art, INKS: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other periodicals.

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