This book contains graphic language : comics as literature /
Versaci, Rocco.
This book contains graphic language : comics as literature / Rocco Versaci. - New York : Continuum, c2007. - ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
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 Journalism" revisited: comic books vs. reportage -- Guerilla warfare and sneak attacks: comic books vs. war films -- Illustrating the classics: comic books vs. "real" literature.
9780826428776 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826428770 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780826428783 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826428789 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007031995
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Literary form.
PN6714 / .V47 2007
741.5
This book contains graphic language : comics as literature / Rocco Versaci. - New York : Continuum, c2007. - ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
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 Journalism" revisited: comic books vs. reportage -- Guerilla warfare and sneak attacks: comic books vs. war films -- Illustrating the classics: comic books vs. "real" literature.
9780826428776 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0826428770 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780826428783 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826428789 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007031995
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Literary form.
PN6714 / .V47 2007
741.5