Hooked on Horror
A Guide to Reading Interests in Horror Fiction
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-1-56308-671-7 (ISBN)
Description
Fonseca and Pulliam provide concise, lively descriptions of approximately 1,000 contemporary and classic titles of this fascinating and popular genre, plus extensive background information on the history, trends, and appeal of the genre.
Everything you ever wanted to know about horror fiction can be found in this book. Fonseca and Pulliam provide concise, lively descriptions of approximately 1,000 contemporary and classic titles of this fascinating and popular genre. In addition, they give extensive background information on the history, trends, and appeal of the genre. Focusing on titles that are either in print or widely available in library collections, Fonseca and Pulliam classify works into 13 subgenres. Keywords (subjects) are listed with each entry to lead users to related titles. They also cite titles that have won awards. A final section includes bibliographies in the areas of history and criticism, periodicals and magazines, and ready reference sources. Lists of organizations, conferences, awards, and publishers complete the work. A must-buy for readers' advisory and collection development specialists, this book will also be of interest to those covering the horror genre in English literature classes, as well as to books
Everything you ever wanted to know about horror fiction can be found in this book. Fonseca and Pulliam provide concise, lively descriptions of approximately 1,000 contemporary and classic titles of this fascinating and popular genre. In addition, they give extensive background information on the history, trends, and appeal of the genre. Focusing on titles that are either in print or widely available in library collections, Fonseca and Pulliam classify works into 13 subgenres. Keywords (subjects) are listed with each entry to lead users to related titles. They also cite titles that have won awards. A final section includes bibliographies in the areas of history and criticism, periodicals and magazines, and ready reference sources. Lists of organizations, conferences, awards, and publishers complete the work. A must-buy for readers' advisory and collection development specialists, this book will also be of interest to those covering the horror genre in English literature classes, as well as to books
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
ISBN-13
978-1-56308-671-7 (9781563086717)
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ANTHONY J. FONSECA is Instructional Services Librarian at the Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He has taught many college level courses on horror literature.::Pulliam /f June /i Michele /b JUNE MICHELE PULLIAM is Instructor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge where she teaches horror literature. She also is editor of Necropsy: The Review of Horror Fiction, an on-line journal.