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Afterword: New Reworkings Of Walter Scott From Dundee Comics Creative Space, Christopher Murray
Afterword: New Reworkings Of Walter Scott From Dundee Comics Creative Space, Christopher Murray
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses and illustrates a variety of approaches to the reworking of Scott novels by artists working in the Dundee Comics Creative Space, as developed for a sampler publication published by UniVerse Comics (2017), in connection with the Reworking Walter Scott project
Walter Scott And Comics, Christopher Murray
Walter Scott And Comics, Christopher Murray
Studies in Scottish Literature
A wide-ranging survey of the reworking of Scot's novels (and narrative poems) in comic form, in the US and UK.
Modern American Cover Art: The Great Gatsby Through Time, Jessica Harrell
Modern American Cover Art: The Great Gatsby Through Time, Jessica Harrell
Senior Theses
Book jackets and cover art are, more than anything, an advertising tool used to attract consumers, promote book sales, and establish company identity. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a staple in the canon of American literature whose cover art has drastically transformed in the ninety years since its original publication. This thesis traces these changes over time, focusing specifically on publishing history, art history, American culture, and thematic interpretations. In doing so, I found that the most substantial influences on these covers were publishing house identity, design trends, and available artistic techniques. Ultimately, The Great Gatsby’s cover …