The Divine Sandman

Authors

  • Davorin Dernovšek University of Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.8.2.45-62

Keywords:

Sandman, Divine Comedy, comics medium, word-picture cooperation, reception

Abstract

The article discusses the intricacies of Neil Gaiman’s comics work The Sandman through the lens of reception; particularly it examines how Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece The Divine Comedy echoes through this epic comic. It not only tries to bring together (or rather deconstruct) these two profound works of art from diverse eras of human expression, it also discusses how two different modes of artistic expression – comics and poetry – converge on a metalevel. It furthermore treats the general nature of comics; denoting both their connection with literature and art in general, though in this respect also stressing the need for a separate study of the comics medium, and not as merely a genre of either literature or art.

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Published

10.10.2011

How to Cite

Dernovšek, D. (2011). The Divine Sandman. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 8(2), 45–62. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.8.2.45-62

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2011): ELOPE Volume VIII - Autumn

Section

Literature

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