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Review of Silke Horstkotte and Nancy Pedri’s Experiencing Visual Storyworlds: Focalization in Comics
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Michael J. Berntsen is an assistant professor in the English, Theatre, and World Languages department of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. His greatest…