Books and Beyond The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading [4 volumes]
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Biographical note
Kenneth Womack is Professor of English and Head of the Division of Arts and Humanities at Penn State Altoona.Written for high school, college, and university students, these four-volume set addresses the shape and nature of contemporary American literature –focusing on 1980 to the present - in all of its print and post print formats. Womack (English, Penn State, Altoona), who has published widely on 20th-century literary and popular culture, brings together the writings of 64 international scholars on over 70 literary genres.'
Library Journal
This four-volume encyclopedia includes over 70 types of genre literature, from the well established, e.g., historical fiction, to the more recent and emerging genres, e.g., chick lit, zines, and graphic novels. While the focus is on popular American literature, contributors discuss writers from other countries when they are significant in a particular genre… Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers.
Choice
Greenwood has published an encyclopedia that is designed to help librarians, general readers, and students
understand contemporary American literature. Its 75 entries give a broad overview of fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, drama, and comics since 1980. Each entry includes a definition of the genre, history, recent trends
and prevailing themes, context and related issues, critical and popular reception, selected authors, a
bibliography, and suggestions for further reading. The set also includes lists of contemporary authors by
genre and a comprehensive index. …Books and Beyond does an outstanding job of explaining the new fiction genres, nonfiction, and poetry. Although anyone seeking to understand the traditional fiction genres would get more information from Genreflecting (6th ed., 2005) or any of the Libraries Unlimited Genreflecting Advisory Series titles, it could be useful for librarians, as well as for students, because of the variety of literatures it covers. Recommended for public and academic libraries.
Booklist
Recommended for the very large high school library and above, where scholarly critical information is needed.
Teacher Librarian
This encyclopedia is appropriate for public, high school, and college libraries that have strong interest in literary research or genre fiction.
Reference & User Services Quarterly
. . . this set is unique in its scope and treatment of the contemporary American literary scene and will prove to be an invaluable supplement to standard references sources on American literature. It is highly recommended for academic and large public libraries.
ARBA
This four-volume set for general readers and high school and college students contains chapters on genres or areas in contemporary American literature, arranged alphabetically. Each chapter includes a historical overview of the development of the genre, a definition, and discussion and brief analyses of works, with the most emphasis on those published by major authors from 1980 to the present. Chapters also discuss major trends and themes in the genre, contexts and issues, and reception, including criticism, film adaptations, and relationships to popular culture. Chapters include children's literature, genres of fiction, humor, poetry, travel writing, Native American literature, memoir, chick lit, Christian fiction, literary journalism, magical realism, true crime, comic books, ecopoetry, GLBTQ literature, graphic novels, manga and anime, and zines.
Reference & Research Book News
Whether you're charged with selecting new books in an unfamiliar literary genre for a collection or just want to add new titles to your leisure reading list, you'll want to consult<i> Books and Beyond</i> . . . a definite must for your reference shelf.
Catholic Library World
The substantial essays will serve to introduce audiences in both academic and public libraries to a fascinating array of current writing.
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