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Historical dictionary of animation and cartoons
By Dobson, Nichola
- ISBN
- 978-0-81085-830-5
- Publisher
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2010
Gr 8-Up This volume focuses on American and British feature films and television. A useful introduction contextualizes various traditions and provides a detailed, compelling time line of key events over the last 200 years beginning with Robertson's 1798 creation of "the phantasmagoria, a sophisticated 'magic lantern' to project moving images." The quality of the entries varies. Articles on animators and innovators are somewhat reductive while ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
