Some of the most famous authors of graphic novels, including Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman, have acknowledged and discussed their indebtedness to authors of the so-called woodcut (or wordless) novel, a form of art which developed across Europe in the first half of the Twentieth century. After focusing on the early novels in pictures by Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward, this essay investigates elements of continuity and discontinuity between graphic and woodcut novels. Although it is often considered as a “relic from the past” which enjoyed a fleeting life, the woodcut novel is shown to have originated ideas and techniques that are still influential today.
Dal woodcut novel al graphic novel / Ilaria Natali. - STAMPA. - (2020), pp. 5-23.
Dal woodcut novel al graphic novel
Ilaria Natali
2020
Abstract
Some of the most famous authors of graphic novels, including Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman, have acknowledged and discussed their indebtedness to authors of the so-called woodcut (or wordless) novel, a form of art which developed across Europe in the first half of the Twentieth century. After focusing on the early novels in pictures by Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward, this essay investigates elements of continuity and discontinuity between graphic and woodcut novels. Although it is often considered as a “relic from the past” which enjoyed a fleeting life, the woodcut novel is shown to have originated ideas and techniques that are still influential today.
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