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The Romance Readers' Advisory : The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks
author
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Bouricius, Ann.
publisher
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ALA Editions of the American Library Association
isbn10 | asin
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0838907792
print isbn13
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9780838907795
ebook isbn13
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9780585335483
language
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English
subject
Love stories, American--Bibliography--Methodology, Love stories, English--Bibliography--Methodology, Libraries--Special collections--Love stories, Love stories--Stories, plots, etc, Love stories--Appreciation, Reading interests.
publication date
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2000
lcc
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Z1231.L68B68 2000eb
ddc
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016.813/085
subject
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Love stories, American--Bibliography--Methodology, Love stories, English--Bibliography--Methodology, Libraries--Special collections--Love stories, Love stories--Stories, plots, etc, Love stories--Appreciation, Reading interests.
Page i
The Romance Readers' Advisory
Page ii
ALA READERS' ADVISORY SERIES
The Short Story Readers' Advisory: A Guide to the Best
Page iii
The Romance Readers' Advisory
The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks
Ann Bouricius
Page iv
Cover design: Lucy Lesiak Design
Text design: Dianne M. Rooney
Composition by the dotted i using Berkeley and Snell Roundhand using QuarkXPress 4.04 on a Macintosh platform
Printed on 50-pound white offset, a pH-neutral stock, and bound in 10-point coated cover stock by McNaughton & Gunn
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bouricius, Ann The romance readers' advisory : the librarian's guide to love in the stacks / Ann Bouricius. p. cm. ISBN 0-8389-0779-2 1. Love stories, AmericanBibliographyMethodology. 2. Love stories, EnglishBibliographyMethodology. 3. LibrariesSpecial collectionsLove stories. 4. Love storiesStories, plots, etc. 5. Love storiesAppreciation. 6. Reading interests. I. Title. Z1231.L68 B68 2000 [PS374.L6] 016.813'085dc21 99-057295
Copyright 2000 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved except those which may be granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976.
Printed in the United States of America
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Page v
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
1 A Tour of the Romance Genre: No More Heaving Bosoms
1
The Popularity of Romances
1
What Are Romances? They're Not about Sex
3
They're Not All Alike; or, Formula Is Not a Four-Letter Word
6
Romances Have Heroines and Heroes
9
Harlequin Is Not a Generic Term
11
Category Lines in Romance
13
Regency v. Regency Historical Romance: What's in a Name?
16
Inspirational Romance
18
Romantic Suspense: Will He Kiss Me or Kill Me?
18
The Paranormal: Witches and Ghosts and Vampires! Oh My!
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