Berger, Arthur Asa. Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire.
Twayne, 1969. Rpt. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. ISBN
0-87805-712-9 (cloth), 0-87805-713-7 (paper).
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Illustrations . . . 9
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Preface . . . 11
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Introduction . . . 13
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Chapter One:
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Popular Culture, the Comics, and Society . . . 23
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Chapter Two:
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Li'l Abner's Place in American Satire . . . 48
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Chapter Three:
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Narrative Technique and The Meaning of Form . . . 70
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Chapter Four:
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Dialogue and Damnation in Li'l Abner . . . 105
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Chapter Five:
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Capp's Graphic Technique: Social Criticism and the Pictorial Image . .
. 131
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Chapter Six:
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Conclusions . . . 152
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Afterword . . . 169
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Appendix . . . 182
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Notes and References . . . 184
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Selected Bibliography . . . 192
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Index . . . 200
Reviews in Print
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Barnette, Mark. "Reassessing Al Capp." The Comics Journal 179 (August
1995): 44-47.
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