ENGB38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neil Gaiman, Fourth Wall, Bardolatry
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Ran between 1989-96 (75 issues); there is a large story but it is also episodic. Originally published as separate issues (not together like this volume) Dream/morpheus and his siblings: despair, death, destiny, destruction, desire. Dream country has 4 issues with no connection between plots; they don"t really share characters (except for dream) Calliope" - prison of one of the muses. Dream of cats" - power of imagination. Facade" - identity; contrast to superhero tropes. The titles also connect to older traditions of literature (lot"s of this in the work) Recurring theme throughout the whole series - the return to older myths/stories and reconstructing/representing them ( representation ) Watchmen takes older superheroes and gives them a realistic representation; they are not idealised, but flawed, dark, and human. Sandman is a borrowed name - gaiman thought of an older superhero called sandman ; he creates the character dream. Dream meets the original sandman in an issue.
