LCSH for Literature Part 1 Overview Collections and

LCSH for Literature Part 1. Overview, Collections, and Individual Works

Overview § Based on Subject Cataloging Manual (SCM): H 1775 Literature: General § H 1780 Literature: Drama § H 1790 Literature: Fiction § H 1791 Literature: Poetry § 11/2/2020 2

SCM H 1775 Literature: General n n Provides general guidelines Always consult the specialized instruction sheets for guidelines on cataloging a particular form (e. g. H 1790 for Fiction) H 1775 has the table of 9 commonly assigned subject categories (see next slide) H 1775 documents standard practice for the 6 basic types of works (see slide x) 11/2/2020 3

Topical Subject Concepts to Use Concept Example nationality Russian poetry. form/genre Sonnets, Italian. theme/topic Sexual abstinence—Fiction. time period Poetry, Modern— 18 th century. special types of authors Canadian fiction (English)—Women authors. translations Yiddish literature—Translations from German. movements Postmodernism (Literature) language Hebrew literature. locality where written American fiction—New England. 11/2/2020 4

Literature is not Biography n n Note that “Biography” is not one of the concepts listed in the table If the focus is primarily literary rather than biographical, use, for example: ¨ Poetry, Spanish. n NOT Poets, Spanish ¨ French fiction—Women authors. n NOT Women authors—France. ¨ American literature—African American authors. n NOT African American authors. n BUT African Americans—Literary collections. 11/2/2020 5

6 Categories of Literary Works In this session we will discuss a. -b. -c. : q a. b. c. d. e. f. 11/2/2020 Collections of literary texts by several authors Collections of literary texts by one author. Single literary text Discussion of several authors (session 2) Discussion of a single author (session 2) Discussion of a single text (session 2) 6

a. Collections of literary texts by several authors. Examples The Norton anthology of African American literature / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , general editor, Nellie Y. Mc. Kay, general editor. n The rattle bag / edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. Summary: A collection of more than 400 hundred poems from all around the world. n 11/2/2020 7

a. Collections of Literary texts by Several Authors: Guidelines n n n Use any concept from the table Use subdivisions to express: time period, translations, & locality If nationality or language needs to be expressed, combine in a phrase with the form: German fiction; Latin poetry Themes/topics expressed as [topic]— [subdivision] or phrase Groups of authors expressed as subdivisions or phrases [but NOT as classes of persons] 11/2/2020 8

a. Collections of Literary texts by Several Authors: Example with Subjects (1) 245 0 0 ‡a Italian futurist poetry / ‡c edited and translated by Willard Bohn. 650 # 0 ‡a Italian poetry ‡v Translations into English. <nationality/form phrase, translation subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Italian poetry ‡y 20 th century. <nationality/form; time period> 650 # 0 ‡a Futurism (Literary movement) ‡z Italy. <movement; locality where written> 11/2/2020 9

a. Collections of Literary texts by Several Authors: Example with Subjects (2) 245 0 0 ‡a Amazing grace : ‡b an anthology of poems about slavery, 1660 -1810 / ‡c edited by James G. Basker. 650 # 0 ‡a Slavery ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic with form subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a English poetry ‡y Early modern, 1500 -1700. <nationality/form; time period> 650 # 0 ‡a English poetry ‡y 19 th century. <nationality/form; time period> 650 # 0 ‡a English poetry ‡y 18 th century. <nationality/form, time period> 650 # 0 ‡a Slaves ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic with form subdivision> 11/2/2020 10

a. Collections of Literary texts by Several Authors: Example with Subjects (3) 245 0 0 ‡a Calling cards : ‡b new poetry from Caribbean/Canadian women / ‡c Celia Ferrier. . . [et al. ] ; [edited by Pamela Mordecai]. . 650 # 0 ‡a Canadian poetry ‡x Caribbean authors. <nationality/form with special type of author subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Canadian poetry ‡x Women authors. <nationality/form; special type of author subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Canadian poetry ‡y 21 st century. <nationality/form, time period> n Comment: do not use class of persons headings to bring out the special type of author: ¨ NOT: Canadian poets—Women authors. ¨ NOT: Women authors—Canada. 11/2/2020 11

a. Collections of Literary texts by Several Authors: Example with Subjects (4) 245 0 0 ‡a City of one : ‡b young writers speak to the world / ‡c from Writers. Corps ; foreword by Isabel Allende ; edited by Collete De. Donato. 650 # 0 ‡a Youths' writings, American ‡z California ‡z San Francisco. <group of authors modifying “writings” in phrase combined with nationality; location of writing subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Immigrants' writings, American ‡z California ‡z San Francisco. <group of authors modifying “writings” phrase combined with nationality; location of writing subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Immigrants ‡v Poetry. <subject is used to bring out class of person as theme/topic of poetry, not as special type of writer> 650 # 0 ‡a Youth ‡v Poetry. <class of person as topic/theme of poetry, not special type of writer > 11/2/2020 12

Exercises: Collections of Literary Texts by Several Authors n For review, do the quiz at: http: //www. quia. com/quiz/1098711. html Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is completed, use the browser back button to return to this slide 11/2/2020 13

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author. Examples The view from Castle Rock : stories / Alice Munro. n Overlord : poems / Jorie Graham. n The complete Western stories of Elmore Leonard. n Crumbs from the table of joy, and other plays / Lynn Nottage. n 11/2/2020 14

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author. Guidelines. n n n Theme or topic may be assigned Genre topic may be assigned “if highly specific and emphasized in the work” Nationality or language expressed only in combination with the specific genre topic Translation subdivision is under the name of the author (not the topic) Other categories from the table are not expressed (e. g. time period, locality where written, special type of author) 11/2/2020 15

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author: Example without Subjects (1) 100 1 # ‡a Ammons, A. R. , ‡d 1926 -2001. 245 1 0 ‡a Bosh and flapdoodle : ‡b poems / ‡c A. R. Ammons n No subjects assigned if there is no specific theme or genre 11/2/2020 16

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author: Example with Subjects (2) 100 1 # ‡a Ammons, A. R. , ‡d 1926 -2001. 245 1 4 ‡a The North Carolina poems / ‡c A. R. Ammons ; edited with an afterword by Alex Albright. 651 # 0 ‡a North Carolina ‡v Poetry. <theme/topic; form subdivision> 11/2/2020 17

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author: Example with Subjects (3) 100 1 # ‡a Agha, Shahid Ali, ‡d 1949 - 245 1 4 650 # 0 ‡a Call me Ishmael tonight : ‡b a book of ghazals / ‡c Agha Shahid Ali. ‡a Ghazals, American. <specific form combined with nationality> 11/2/2020 18

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author: Example with Subjects (4) 100 1 # ‡a Celan, Paul. 240 1 0 245 1 0 600 1 0 ‡a Poems. ‡l English & German. ‡k Selections ‡a Poems of Paul Celan / ‡c translated, with an introduction and postscript, by Michael Hamburger. ‡a Celan, Paul ‡v Translations into English. 11/2/2020 19

b. Collections of Literary Texts by One Author: What NOT to Do n For the Paul Celan collection on the previous slide, you would NOT assign these subjects: ¨ German poetry— 20 th century. ¨ German poetry—Translations into English. ¨ German poetry—Jewish authors. ¨ Poetry, Modern— 20 th century. 11/2/2020 20

Exercises: Collections of Literary Texts by One Author/Single Anonymous Work n For review, do the quiz at: http: //www. quia. com/quiz/1099668. html Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is completed, use the browser back button to return to this slide 11/2/2020 21

c. Single Literary Text (One Author or Anonymous). Examples n n Mad forest : a play from Romania / Caryl Churchill. A flag for sunrise : a novel / by Robert Stone. The bower of nil : a narrative poem / Frederick Glaysher. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / translated and edited by William Vantuono. 11/2/2020 22

c. Single Literary Text: Guidelines for Poetry & Drama n For an individual poem or play, assign: ¨ Headings for theme ¨ Headings for “Highly specific form” ¨ Phrase headings for nationality/language only if combined with [highly specific] genre or theme ¨ Other concepts are not expressed 11/2/2020 23

c. Single Literary Text (Play or Poem): Example with Subjects (1) 100 1 # ‡a O'Connell, Sean, ‡d 1944245 1 0 ‡a Lives and evils : ‡b a play in three acts / ‡c by Sean O'Connell. 650 # 0 ‡a Good and evil ‡v Drama. <theme with form subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Didactic drama, American. <phrase combining specific form with nationality> 11/2/2020 24

c. Single Literary Text (Play or Poem): Example with Subjects (2) 130 0 # ‡a Chanson de Roland. ‡l French & French (Old French) 245 1 3 ‡a La chanson de Roland / ‡c e dition e tablie d'apre s le manuscrit d'Oxford par Luis Corte s ; traduction du poe me, de l'introduction et des notes par Paulette Gabaudan. 650 # 0 ‡a Roland (Legendary character) ‡v Romances. <topic/theme with form subdivision> 650 # 0 ‡a Epic poetry, French. <phrase combining specific form with nationality> 11/2/2020 25

c. Single Literary Text: Guidelines for Fiction n Individual works of fiction: ¨ ¨ ¨ n Headings for persons Headings for historical events* Headings for historical periods* Headings for animals Other concepts are not expressed *H 1790: ¨ 11/2/2020 “Interpret the term historical fiction broadly to include works about entities such as movements, corporate bodies other than jurisdictions, camps, parks, structures, geographical features other than regions, ethnic groups, disasters, categories of events, etc. ” 26

c. Single Literary Text (Fiction): Example without Subjects 100 1 # ‡a Seehaus, Gertrud. 245 1 4 ‡a Die Lebensliste : ‡b Roman / ‡c Gertrud Seehaus. 11/2/2020 27

c. Single Literary Text (Fiction): Example with Subjects 100 1 # ‡a Limongi, Laure, ‡d 1976245 1 0 ‡a Fonction Elvis / ‡c Laure Limongi. 600 1 0 ‡a Presley, Elvis, ‡d 1935 -1977 ‡v Fiction. <person with –Fiction subdivision> 11/2/2020 28

c. Single Literary Text (Fiction): Example with Subjects 100 245 1 # 1 3 610 2 0 650 # 0 11/2/2020 ‡a Martin, Jean-Marie, ‡d 1952‡a Le bouleau de Birkenau / ‡c Jean-Marie Martin ; pre face Jean Dujardin ; avant-propos d'Alain Jakubowicz. ‡a Birkenau (Concentration camp) ‡v Fiction. <corporate body related to a historical event with –Fiction subdivision> ‡a Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -1945) ‡z Poland ‡v Fiction. <historical event with –Fiction subdivision> 29

c. Single Literary Text (Fiction): Example with Subjects 100 245 1 # 1 3 650 # 0 11/2/2020 ‡a Boulle, Pierre, ‡d 1912 -1994. ‡a La baleine des Malouines : ‡b roman / ‡c Pierre Boulle. ‡a Whales ‡v Fiction. <animal topic with – Fiction subdivision> ‡a Falkland Islands War, 1982 ‡v Fiction. <historical event with –Fiction subdivision> 30

c. Single Literary Text: Special LC Practice for Fiction in English n For American novels and novels of other English language literatures, the Library of Congress practice is to assign, in addition to the standard H 1775 categories, headings for: Specific form/genre, tagged as 655 #0 or 655 #7 with $2 gsafd Legendary & fictional characters (if the fictional charcter was created by the author, the character must appear in at least 3 works) ¨ Class of persons to which the primary character belongs (e. g. Women detectives) ¨ Place if significant ¨ Topics the author or publisher makes explicit (mentioned in title, series, dust jacket, etc. ), if the topic can be used to distinguish the work from most other works. “Do not assign headings for vague and general topics, such as fate, evil, belief, psychology, interpersonal relations, emotions, social customs, or community life. … Normally no more than one or two topical headings should be assigned. ” ¨ ¨ n The LC special practice is not applied by Yale cataloging; member & LC copy with additional LCSH is accepted as is 11/2/2020 31

c. Single Literary Text (Fiction). LC Practice: Example with Subjects 100 1 # ‡a Pelecanos, George P. 245 1 0 ‡a Right as rain : ‡b a novel / ‡c George P. Pelecanos. 650 # 0 ‡a Strange, Derek (Fictitious character) ‡v Fiction. 650 # 0 ‡a Private investigators ‡z Washington (D. C. ) ‡v Fiction. 650 # 0 ‡a African American detectives ‡v Fiction. 650 # 0 ‡a Police corruption ‡v Fiction. 650 # 0 ‡a Racism ‡v Fiction. 651 # 0 ‡a Washington (D. C. ) ‡v Fiction. 655 # 7 ‡a Mystery fiction. ‡ 2 gsafd 11/2/2020 32

Exercises: Collections of Literary Texts by One Author/Single Anonymous Work n n For review, do the quiz at: http: //www. quia. com/quiz/1121969. html Note: quiz is still in draft form; when quiz is completed, use the browser back button to return to this slide Continue to Discussion and Criticism: Multiple Authors, One Author, Individual Works http: //www. library. yale. edu/cataloging/Training/LCSH%20 for %20 Literature 2. ppt 11/2/2020 33