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Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (Genreflecting Advisory Series)

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This is the classic readers’ advisory tool and text, updated and improved for today’s users. Genres and reading trends are demystified as more than 5,000 titles are classified, with two new chapters on Christian fiction and emerging genres. You’ll also find essays by genre experts and the foremost proponents of readers’ advisory today.

For the past 150 years, America’s public libraries have supplied billions of books to billions of people, and most of those books have been (and continue to be) popular fiction. The new edition of Genreflecting explains not only what library patrons are reading, but why. In the process, it casts reading in a new light, demonstrating the way in which it functions as an essential information service that creates communities in culturally democratic ways.

Focusing on what today’s readers read, this classic guide introduces current genre fiction and popular reading tastes. By defining genres, describing their features and characteristics, and grouping titles by genre, subgenre, and theme, the book helps those who work with readers understand distinct patterns in reading habits and book selection. It thus helps users identify read-alikes and other titles their patrons will enjoy.

Genreflecting has become a standard reference and readers’ advisory tool for library practitioners, and an insightful text for students of library and information science. Building upon previous editions, this new volume features informative essays on the essence, history, and latest trends of various genres, contributed by top scholars and genre experts, edited by Dr. Wayne Wiegand. New chapters on Christian fiction and emerging genres (women’s fiction and chick lit) have been added. In addition, more than 5,000 titles, approximately one-third new to this edition, are classified, focusing on titles published since the last edition along with perennial classics and benchmark titles. The popular feature D’s Picks identifies new and noteworthy titles in each genre. Other features new to this edition include lists of selected classic authors and titles in each genre, sections on genreblends in those areas where they occur (e.g., horror/humor, mystery/romance), and three new essays. The Social Nature of Reading by Dr. Wiegand, The Readers’ Advisory Interview by Dr. Catherine Ross, and A Brief History of Readers’ Advisory by Melanie A. Kimball offer further insight into the nature and importance of this field. A standard professional tool for readers’ advisors, and an invaluable collection development guide and text, this is a must-purchase for all libraries. Young adult and adult or Grades 10 and up.

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Author Herald, Diana Tixier Editor Wiegand, Wayne A.
Brand Brand: Libraries Unlimited Manufacturer Libraries Unlimited
NumberOfItems 1 ReleaseDate 2005-12-30T00:00:01Z
Item Weight 2.75 Pounds ItemDimensions 7.01 x 1.18 x 10.00Inches
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Amazon Category Books » Literature & Fiction » Literary Criticism » Literary History & Criticism Reference Amazon Category Books » Reference » Encyclopedias & Subject Guides » Literature Encyclopedias
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EAN 9781591582861 ISBN 1591582865
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Weight 2.75 lbs

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