Description: The first book to explore the lasting influence of Romanticism on contemporary comics monsters
Brief description: Maaheen Ahmed is associate professor of comparative literature at Ghent University, Belgium, and a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). Ahmed is author of Monstrous Imaginaries: The Legacy of Romanticism in Comics and Openness of Comics: Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures, both published by University Press of Mississippi. She has also published articles in and edited special issues for European Comic Art; Authorship; SCAN: Journal of Media Arts Culture; European Journal of American Studies; and International Journal of Comic Art.
Review Quotes: An invaluable text for scholars working in contemporary comics and/or the field of Romanticism.--Alisia Chase "Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society"