Reading Art Spiegelman

Exploring the intersection of art and societal madness, the book argues that Art Spiegelman's comics reveal the deep-seated insanity in post-Enlightenment society, positing that the Holocaust was a tragic outcome of modernization. The author analyzes Spiegelman's key works—Breakdowns, Maus, and In the Shadow of No Towers—while employing comic scholarship terminology and theories of madness and trauma. This critical examination sheds light on the profound implications of Spiegelman's art in relation to Holocaust literature and modernity.