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Comics and the senses : a multisensory approach to comics and graphic novels
Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently and almost exclusively visual. This book challenges that premise, and asserts that comics is not just...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
: Taylor and Francis
, 2014
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies
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| Online Access: | lizenzpflichtig |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Comics and the senses |
| Author Notes: | Ian Hague |
| Summary: | Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently and almost exclusively visual. This book challenges that premise, and asserts that comics is not just a visual medium. The book outlines the multisensory aspects of comics: the visual, audible, tactile, olfactory and gustatory elements of the medium. It rejects a synaesthetic approach (by which all the senses are engaged through visual stimuli) and instead argues for a truly multisensory model by wh |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (199 p.)) ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781315883052 9781306320771 9780415713979 |
