ABSTRACT
MAUS is a graphic novel by Jewish-American cartoonist Art Spiegelman (b. 1948). The work appeared serially from 1980 to 1991, swiftly moving from avant-garde underground work to a mainstream, commercial success. In 1992 it became the first graphic novel to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. MAUS documents Art Spiegelman interviewing his father, Vladek, about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. In this respect, it is both autobiographical and biographical. In this chapter, the author’s representations of the body are visual. This chapter analyses how and what this contributes to our understanding of autobiographical literature as flesh made word.
