R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self by Calonne, David Stephen - 2021-01-31

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2021. First printing. Hardcover. New. 276 pp. Octavo. [23cm] Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self contains six chapters that chart Crumb's intellectual trajectory and explore the recurring philosophical themes that permeate his depictions of literary and biographical works and the ways he responds to them through innovative, dazzling compositional techniques. Calonne explores the ways Crumb develops concepts of solitude, despair, desire, and conflict as aspects of the quest for self in his engagement with the book of Genesis and works by Franz Kafka, Jean-Paul Sartre, the Beats, Charles Bukowski, and Philip K. Dick, as well as Crumb's illustrations of biographies of musicians Jelly Roll Morton and Charley Patton. Calonne demonstrates how Crumb's love for literature led him to attempt an extremely faithful rendering of the texts he admired while at the same time… Read More

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Hardback. New. Charts Robert Crumb's intellectual trajectory and explores the recurring philosophical themes that permeate his depictions of literary and biographical works and the ways he responds to them through innovative, dazzling compositional techniques.

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Univ Pr of Mississippi, 2021. Hardcover. New. 262 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Univ Pr of Mississippi, 2021. Hardcover. New. 262 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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