Author: Grant Burns
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786483167
Size: 44.67 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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by Grant Burns, release date 1998-03-01, Librarians In Fiction Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download
Librarians In Fiction books, The depictions of librarians in over 374 novels, short stories, and plays in English are the focus of this fully annotated reference work. Librarians, no less than other professionals, want to know how they are depicted in fiction. The stereotypical or fictional librarian--the one with the bun, comfortable shoes, and dour demeanor--may be fading, but fiction teaches a lesson about public perception. Actually, story librarians are often described as adaptable, knowledgeable, shrewd, tactful, tender and intelligent--traits that the authors, and by extension the readers, look for in their librarians. All entries include complete bibliographic data, followed by a lengthy annotation that discusses how the librarian fits into the story and gives insight to how he or she is depicted. Title and author indexes are provided for further utility.