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 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.
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New York City
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2014
Number of pages
200 pages
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9780415713979
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Open stacks
Illustrations
Yes
Bibliography
Yes
UDC code and author sign
745.6 Hag
Volumes
1
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