
A Concise Dictionary of Comics
Nancy Pedri(Author)
University Press of Mississippi
Published on 8. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-4968-3805-6 (ISBN)
Description
Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship.
A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes twenty-five witty illustrations, and pairs most defined terms with references to books, articles, book chapters, and other relevant critical sources. All references are dated and listed in an extensive, up-to-date bibliography of comics scholarship. Each term is also categorized according to type in an index of thematic groupings. This organization serves as a pedagogical aid for teachers and students learning about a specific facet of comics studies and as a research tool for scholars who are unfamiliar with a particular term but know what category it falls into. These features make A Concise Dictionary of Comics especially useful for critics, students, teachers, and researchers, and a vital reference to anyone else who wants to learn more about comics.
A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes twenty-five witty illustrations, and pairs most defined terms with references to books, articles, book chapters, and other relevant critical sources. All references are dated and listed in an extensive, up-to-date bibliography of comics scholarship. Each term is also categorized according to type in an index of thematic groupings. This organization serves as a pedagogical aid for teachers and students learning about a specific facet of comics studies and as a research tool for scholars who are unfamiliar with a particular term but know what category it falls into. These features make A Concise Dictionary of Comics especially useful for critics, students, teachers, and researchers, and a vital reference to anyone else who wants to learn more about comics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jackson
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4968-3805-6 (9781496838056)
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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.
Chuck Howitt is a proofreader, assistant editor, and illustrator with a certificate in comics studies from Portland State University.