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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nancy Pedri , Chuck HowittPublisher: University Press of Mississippi Imprint: University Press of Mississippi Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781496838049ISBN 10: 1496838041 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 30 March 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"There has been an undeniable rise in the popularity of graphic novels and superhero movies for a few decades. This increase in awareness has seen a surge in academic studies of, and pedagogical books devoted to, comics. Pedri found a gap in the related literature--a dearth of reference resources dedicated to terms commonly utilized in the study of comic books and its culture. . . . This reference is useful and recommended for most libraries so that they can support the growing interest in comic books within many user groups.--Gary Medina ""Library Journal"" Nancy Pedri's wonderful A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides useful references in a variety of texts for key concepts in comics studies that allows for ready comparison.--Ian Gordon, coeditor of The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life" There has been an undeniable rise in the popularity of graphic novels and superhero movies for a few decades. This increase in awareness has seen a surge in academic studies of, and pedagogical books devoted to, comics. Pedri found a gap in the related literature--a dearth of reference resources dedicated to terms commonly utilized in the study of comic books and its culture. . . . This reference is useful and recommended for most libraries so that they can support the growing interest in comic books within many user groups.--Gary Medina Library Journal Nancy Pedri's wonderful A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides useful references in a variety of texts for key concepts in comics studies that allows for ready comparison.--Ian Gordon, coeditor of The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life Nancy Pedri's wonderful A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides useful references in a variety of texts for key concepts in comics studies that allows for ready comparison.--Ian Gordon, coeditor of The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life Author Information"Nancy Pedri is professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), where she has taught since 2006. She edited ""Mixing Visual Media in Comics"" for ImageText and ""The Narrative Functions of Photography in Comics"" for Image [&] Narrative; she coedited ""Sexuality and Mental Illness in Comics"" for the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Her coauthored article on ""Focalization in Graphic Narrative"" won the 2012 James Phelan Award for the Best Essay in Narrative. Chuck Howitt is a proofreader, assistant editor, and illustrator with a certificate in comics studies from Portland State University." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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