{"product_id":"experiencing-visual-storyworlds-silke-horstkotte-9780814258293","title":"Experiencing Visual Storyworlds: Focalization in Comics","description":"\u003ci\u003eExperiencing Visual Storyworlds\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how comics express what characters and narrators see, think, and feel. Drawing on the narratological concept of focalization, which describes the filtering of a story through the minds of characters and narrators, Silke Horstkotte and Nancy Pedri analyze comics from a range of genres, including graphic memoir, graphic historiography, silent comics, and metafictional comics. Through a series of close readings--including Jason Lutes's \u003ci\u003eBerlin\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Burns's \u003ci\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, Ellen Forney's \u003ci\u003eMarbles\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Drooker's \u003ci\u003eFlood!\u003c\/i\u003e, and Craig Thompson's \u003ci\u003eHabibi\u003c\/i\u003e--Horstkotte and Pedri argue that the visual form of comics storytelling is uniquely suited to invite readers into storyworld experiences. The authors break down the ways focalization in comics is cued by features such as color, style, panel size and positioning, and genre--showing how these features regulate how readers access the experiences of characters and narrators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silke Horstkotte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814258298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814258293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Silke Horstkotte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454234571007,"sku":"9780814258293","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09d4614b-fab4-4896-8f80-c850e2d76115.jpg?v=1777304972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/experiencing-visual-storyworlds-silke-horstkotte-9780814258293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}