Maus hoy : Una selección de textos

Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, is one of the most prominent creators of the contemporary era, and his influence on postwar American culture is undeniable. Despite facing numerous attempts at censorship, Maus has transformed the humanistic fields of literature, history, and art, and has also reignited the possibilities of collective expression. Maus Today: A Selection of Texts brings together diverse observations on Spiegelman's monumental work, confirming its unique and revolutionary character. In the nearly four decades between 1985 and 2020, the authors have approached Maus from a wide range of perspectives and traditions. Therefore, the book is organized into three sections ("Contexts," "Problems of Representation," and "Legacy"), not in strict chronological order, and offers for the first time translations of important essays on Maus originally written in French, Hebrew, and German. Maus is a work that, in turn, is capable of revealing and generating further ideas, and it does so in a profound and enduring way. With this collection, American literary scholar Hillary Chute, an expert in comics and graphic narratives, presents us with the best texts, selected from all corners of the world, that deal with a book that is already a classic of graphic historical memory.