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

By: Publication details: New York : Continuum, c2007.Description: ix, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780826428776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0826428770 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780826428783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0826428789 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.5 22
LOC classification:
  • PN6714 .V47 2007
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 Journalism" revisited: comic books vs. reportage -- Guerilla warfare and sneak attacks: comic books vs. war films -- Illustrating the classics: comic books vs. "real" literature.

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.

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