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7 - The Autobiographical and Biographical Graphic Novel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2017

By
Martha Kuhlman
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Stephen E. Tabachnick
Stephen E. Tabachnick
Affiliation:
University of Memphis
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The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel , pp. 113 - 129
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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