The readers' advisory guide to horror [[electronic resource] /] / Becky Siegel Spratford

• Autore: Spratford Becky Siegel
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, Ill., : American Library Association, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 026/.80883
• Soggetto topico: Fiction in libraries - United States; Libraries - United States - Special collections - Horror tales; Readers' advisory services - United States; Horror tales, American; Horror tales, English
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A brief history of horror : how the past haunts the present -- The appeal of horror : feel the fear, find the readers -- Horror 101 : a crash course in today's tales of terror -- The classics : time-tested tales of terror -- Ghosts and haunted houses : home, scream home -- Vampires : books with bite -- Zombies : follow the walking dead -- Shape-shifters : nature morphs into something terrifying -- Monsters and ancient evil : Cthulhu comes calling -- Witches and the occult : double, double, toil and trouble -- Satan and demonic possession : the devil inside -- Comic horror : laughing in the face of fear -- Moving beyond the haunted house : whole collection options for horror readers -- Sowing the seeds of fear : horror resources and marketing.
• Sommario/riassunto: As both an introductory guide for librarians just dipping their toes into the brackish water of scary fiction, as well as a fount of new ideas for horror-aware reference staff, Spratford's book is infernally appropriate.
• Titolo autorizzato: The readers' advisory guide to horror
• ISBN: 0-8389-9449-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786990103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II