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Library Resources for:
COMM 5840: Mythic Rhetoric of the American Superhero
Instructor: Dr. Shaun Treat
Fall 2008
Required Texts for Class: 1. Brummett, The Rhetoric of Popular Culture,(2nd Ed.) Sage, 2006 //2. Jewett & Lawrence, The Myth of the American Superhero, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdemans, 2002 // 3. William G. Doty, Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals (2nd Ed.) University of Alabama Press, 2000 // 4 List of Graphic novels and Reading Packet
[Also See Communication Studies Subject Guide]
Databases:
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| ComAbstracts | ComAbstract is a journal database published by CIOS, Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, and contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field. As of March 2002, 54 publications covering issues from 1966 to current at the broadest are searchable. Concept searches using Concept Explorer are available. Updated throughout the year. This is a web-based product available for remote users. |
| ComIndex | ComIndex is a journal index database published by CIOS,Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, and contains index to professional publications in the communications field (Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Journalism, Mass Communication, Speech.) As of March 2002, 81 publications covering issues from 1960's to a year previous to current at the broadest are searchable. |
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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
1. Catalog link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b3179313
AUTHOR Goulart, Ron, 1933-
TITLE Comic book encyclopedia : the ultimate guide to characters,
graphic novels, writers, and artists in the comic book universe
/ Ron Goulart.
IMPRINT New York : HarperEntertainment, c2004.
CALL # PN6707 .G68 2004.
2. Catalog link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2132833
TITLE The world encyclopedia of comics / edited by Maurice Horn. IMPRINT Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c1999. CALL # PN6710 .W6 1999. Volumes 1-7 Location: General Reference /Willis library Status: Library Use only3. Catalog link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2170676
AUTHOR Duin, Steve. TITLE Comics, between the panels / Steve Duin, Mike Richardson. IMPRINT Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1998. CALL # PN6707 .D85 1998.
Books/Handbooks
Record 1 of 5 : Catalog link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b3406460
TITLE The amazing transforming superhero! : essays on the revision of
characters in comic books, film and television / edited by
Terrence R. Wandtke.
IMPRINT Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.
CALL # PN6714 .A43 2007.
Record 2 of 5: Catalog link:http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2393960
AUTHOR Lawrence, John Shelton.
TITLE The myth of the American superhero / John Shelton Lawrence and
Robert Jewett.
IMPRINT Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge, U.K. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2002.
CALL # E169.12 .L36 2002.
Record 3 of 5: Catalog Link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2453593
AUTHOR Klock, Geoff. TITLE How to read superhero comics and why / Geoff Klock. IMPRINT New York : Continuum, 2002. CALL # PN6725 .K59 2002.
Record 4 of 5: Catalog Link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2235076
AUTHOR Bongco, Mila.
TITLE Reading comics : language, culture, and the concept of the
superhero in comic books / Mila Bongco.
IMPRINT New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
CALL # PN6714 .B66 2000.
Record 5 of 5: Catalog Link: http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b1462428
TITLE The Many lives of the Batman : critical approaches to a superhero
and his media / edited by Roberta E. Pearson and William
Uricchio.
IMPRINT New York : Routledge : London : BFI Pub., 1991.
CALL # PN6725 .M36 1991.
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