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Author Versaci, Rocco.

Title This book contains graphic language : comics as literature / Rocco Versaci.

Imprint New York : Continuum, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  741.5 V614t 2007    ---  Available
Description ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
Contents Why comics? An introduction with several digressions -- Creating a "special reality": comic books vs. memoir -- ReMaustering the past: comic books vs. holocaust memoir and photography -- The "New Juornalism" revisited: comic books vs. reportage -- Guerilla warfare and sneak attacks: comic books vs. war films -- Illustrating the classics: comic books vs. "real" literature.
Subject Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism.
Literary form.
ISBN 0826428789 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780826428776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0826428770 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780826428783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000042095705

 
    
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