The MIRROR of LOVE (Signed & Numbered Ltd. Hardcover Edition)

MOORE, ALAN (author) : DRAKE, DAVID (introduction)

ISBN 10: 1891830457 / ISBN 13: 9781891830457

Published by Top Shelf Productions, Marietta, Ga, 2004

About this Item

Hardcover - 1st. Print - Signed & Numbered Ltd. Edition No. 477 of 500 - NEW/NEW - Signed by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia on limitation page - Acclaimed storyteller Alan Moore yields this epic poem recounting the history of same-sex love, revealing a hidden side of Western culture through the lives of its greatest artists. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece. Originally published in 1988, The Mirror of Love sprang from Moore's activist heart as a reaction to Britain's controversial anti-gay law, Clause 28. In the past, Mirror has been translated into both a comic book and a stage production, but Top Shelf presents it as it was meant to be, a hardcover book illustrated with over forty full-color photographs from acclaimed artist José Villarrubia.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The MIRROR of LOVE (Signed & Numbered Ltd. Hardcover Edition)
• Publisher: Top Shelf Productions, Marietta, Ga
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891830457
• ISBN 13: 9781891830457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: VILLARRUBIA, JOSE
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author and Illustrat
• Seller catalogs:
  • MODERN LITERATURE

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Synopsis

Acclaimed storyteller Alan Moore (From Hell, Jerusalem) yields this epic poem recounting the history of same-sex love, revealing a hidden side of Western culture through the lives of its greatest artists. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece. Originally published in 1988, The Mirror of Love sprang from Moore's activist heart as a reaction to Britain's controversial anti-gay law, Clause 28. In the past, Mirror has been translated into both a comic book and a stage production, but Top Shelf presents it as it was meant to be, a hardcover book illustrated with over forty full-color photographs from acclaimed artist José Villarrubia.
Included in the 128-page special edition is an essay about the poem and its previous incarnations, an index of characters and places, a selection of classic poems quoted in the text, and a bibliography.

About the Author

Alan Moore is widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include Miracleman and Watchmen, for which he won the coveted Hugo Award. Never one to limit himself in form or content, Moore has also published novels, Voice of the Fire and Jerusalem, and an epic poem, The Mirror of Love. Four of his ground-breaking graphic novels—From Hell, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen—have been adapted to the silver screen. Moore currently resides in Northampton, England.