Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature

Author:   Alex S. Romagnoli ,  Gian S. Pagnucci
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
ISBN:  

9780810891715


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   20 June 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alex S. Romagnoli ,  Gian S. Pagnucci
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
Imprint:   Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780810891715


ISBN 10:   0810891719
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   20 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Enter the Superheroes is a valuable and unique contribution to the field of comics' studies ... The authors' knowledge of the medium shines through in the many and varied examples of the debates and issues in the superhero genre, as does their infection enthusiasm and eagerness to share their passion. This is an important book...The authors call for a greater academic acceptance of superheroes and their argument for its pedagogical utility echoes well beyond the pages. Studies In The Humanities


Enter the Superheroes is a valuable and unique contribution to the field of comics' studies . . . The authors' knowledge of the medium shines through in the many and varied examples of the debates and issues in the superhero genre, as does their infection enthusiasm and eagerness to share their passion. This is an important book. . . .The authors call for a greater academic acceptance of superheroes and their argument for its pedagogical utility echoes well beyond the pages. * Studies In The Humanities *


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Alex S. Romagnoli, M.Ed., teaches Composition and TESOL at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gian S. Pagnucci is chair of the Department of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Living the Narrative Life: Stories as a Tool for Meaning Making (2004) and co-editor of Re-Mapping Narrative: Technology’s Impact on the Way We Write (2008).

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