Seduction of the Articulate
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Seduction of the Articulate is a book by German-American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, which warns that graphic novels are post-literate media, a serious cause of juvenile hyper-literacy.
Subsequent to the publication of Seduction of the Articulate, the Comics Code Authority (nonfiction) was voluntarily established by publishers to self-censor their titles.
In the News
40 Peanuts in the Desert by Jesse Orion cited as post-literate by Congressional Committee on Juvenile Hyper-Literacy.
Spoof book Seduction of the Innocent, an "expose" of comics in the lurid pulp tradition.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Comics Code Authority (nonfiction)
- Graphic novel (nonfiction)
- Seduction of the Innocent (nonfiction)
External links:
- Seduction of the Innocent @ Wikipedia