{"id":825,"date":"2019-06-18T06:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T06:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=825"},"modified":"2019-07-12T00:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:24:12","slug":"alison-bechdel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=825","title":{"rendered":"Alison Bechdel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bibliography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?p=1288\">Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/authors\/1245100306p8\/21982.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alison Bechdel\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alison Bechdel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Goodreads <i><br>Born in The United States on September 10, 1960<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip <i> Dykes To Watch Out For<\/i>, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.<br><\/i><\/p>\n<p>On the internets! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dykestowatchoutfor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alison Bechdel&#8217;s Webpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Fun Home there are innumerable intertextual references. Some of them are tabled below for interest and follow up. The Links will take you to Goodreads unless reviewed in Zimply Books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Reading by Alison Bechdel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suggested books and authors on <a href=\"http:\/\/dajurokaindustries.com\/?p=1581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fun Home<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/190576.Remembrance_of_Things_Past\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15682.A_Happy_Death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Happy Death<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21980736-sunday-morning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday Morning<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12749.Swann_s_Way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swann&#8217;s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) <\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18839.Orlando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/257647.Flying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flying<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1371343768l\/190576.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way &amp; Within a Budding Grove \" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1348556147l\/15682.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Happy Death\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1398221268l\/21980736.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sunday Morning\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1452956236l\/12749.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"In Search of Lost Time\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1443118010l\/18839.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Orlando\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1388259208l\/257647.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flying\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1142375.Lesbian_Woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesbian\/ Woman<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/165395.Rubyfruit_Jungle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rubyfruit Jungle<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/129223.The_Well_of_Loneliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Well of Loneliness<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/116297.Desert_of_the_Heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Desert of the Heart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/670614.Beaton_in_the_Sixties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beaton in the Sixties: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1965-1969<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/3535178-the-homosexual-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Homosexual Matrix<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1372547531l\/1142375.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lesbian\/ Woman \" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1172341177l\/165395.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rubyfruit Jungle\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1415588651l\/129223.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Well of Loneliness\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1171722050l\/116297.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Desert of the Heart\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1442758280l\/670614.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cecil Beaton Diaries\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1394412010l\/3535178.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Homosexual Matrix\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/7588.A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/338798.Ulysses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ulysses<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1241119.The_Heiress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Heiress<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/133954.Washington_Square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Square<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/3103.Maurice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maurice<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/4671.The_Great_Gatsby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Gatsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1388201200l\/7588.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1428891345l\/338798.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ulysses\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1266752612l\/1241119.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Heiress\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1309286618l\/133954.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Washington Square\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1361934128l\/3103.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maurice\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1490528560l\/4671.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Great Gatsby\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/101128.The_Nude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nude<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/1606.John_Ruskin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Ruskin<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/27276059-the-far-side-of-paradise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Far Side of Paradise<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/155.Anna_Karenina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anna Karenina<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catcher in the Rye<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Pride and Prejudice<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1443786052l\/101128.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Nude\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/authors\/1390665793p8\/1606.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John Ruskin\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1445821345l\/27276059.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Far Side of Paradise\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1288758122l\/155.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anna Karenina\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1398034300l\/5107.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Catcher in the Rye\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1320399351l\/1885.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Pride and Prejudice\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And some Classics &#8211;<br>* The Daedalus\/Icarus myth<br>* The Wind in the Willows<br>* The Importance of Being Earnest<br>* The Taming of the Shrew<br>* The Fellowship of the Ring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bibliography: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic &nbsp; Alison Bechdel On Goodreads Born in The United States on September 10, 1960 &nbsp; Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alison Bechdel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":854,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-dj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1288,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1288","url_meta":{"origin":825,"position":0},"title":"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic","date":"June 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A complex graphic novel said to be part of the emerging modern literature. 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