Arguing comics : literary masters on a popular medium /
When Art Spiegelman's Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of "serious" comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals cont...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2004
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| Summary: | When Art Spiegelman's Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of "serious" comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium. Yet those who write about the comics often assume analysis of the medium didn't begin until the cultural studies movement was underway. Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium brings together nearly two dozen essays |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 176 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xx-xxiii) and index |
| ISBN: | 1282917315 1604735880 6612917318 9781282917316 9781604735888 9786612917318 |
| Access: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff |