O zagubieniu, utracie i 'pornograficznym' końcu XIX wieku w "Zagubionych dziewczętach"

• Authors: Szleszyński Bartłomiej

Title variants

EN

About a feeling of being lost, loss and 'pornographi' end of the 19th century in "Lost Girls"

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The article analyses a comic book by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie in the context of numerous interviews given by the British author which relate to this book and also to the issues such as: comic book culture, Victorian culture, sexuality and its representations in various periods. Moore and Gebbie’s work is analysed mostly in three facets: 1. various forms of stories about loss and the state of losing depicted in the book (and signalised by one of the meanings of the title "Lost Girls"), and also about the narration of an attempt at self-recovery; 2. intertextual and graphic reference to the second half of the 19th century (related to literature, fine arts, and cultural phenomena); 3. the manner in which the comic book refers to pornography and meaning that Alan Moore ascribes to the term 'pornography'. All these facets combine into a narration about the ending of the 19th century, when the I World War becomes the moment of the loss of Imagination and of the transfer of culture under the power of Thanatos.

Keywords

PL

komiks; pornografia; Alan Moore; Melinda Gebbie; przerabianie XIX wieku

EN

comic book; pornography; Alan Moore; Melinda Gebbie; the study of the 19th century

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 21: Sztuka tracenia, sztuka rezygnacji. Samoograniczenie i autocenzura
• Pages: 146-170

Contributors

author

Szleszyński Bartłomiej

• Instytut Badań Literackich PAN, Warszawa