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Litcomix : literary theory and the graphic novel

Litcomix : literary theory and the graphic novel

Book 2023

"In the "old days" there was a clear delineation between comics and high literature. Now the prospect has become a lot less unthinkable, and perhaps, indeed, a pressing question. Can there be a theory of the graphic novel that is commensurate with literary theory? This book answers with a resounding "yes." First coined in 1964 by an early scholar of fandom, Richard Kyle, the graphic novel now has an undisputed place in literary culture, receiving...