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LitF:  Literary Form

Record Type

BIB

Bytes

BKS: 008/33; 006/16

Input Standards

BKS: Optional. One-character code. Default: 0

Definition

 
BKS, 006

Use numeric codes 0 and 1 to provide a generic identification of whether the item is a work of fiction. Use the alphabetic codes to identify specific literary forms.

Codes

 
 
0

Not fiction (not further specified). The item is not a work of fiction and no further identification of the literary form is desired.

LitF     0
100 1   Schweitzer, Albert, ǂd 1875-1965
245 1 0 African notebook / ǂc Albert Schweitzer ; translated by Mrs. C.E.B. Russell
 
1

Fiction (not further specified). The item is a work of fiction and no further identification of the literary form is desired.

LitF     1
100 1   Berenstain, Stan, ǂd 1923-2005
245 1 4 The Berenstain Bears' home sweet tree / ǂc Stan and Jan Berenstain
 
d

Dramas

LitF     d
100 1   Akoubia, Koshi, ǂe author
245 1 0 Nigrigudja : ǂb pièce en 3 actes / ǂc Koshi Akoubia ; préface de Marie Ketline Adodo
 
e

Essays

LitF     e
100 1   Walker, Alice, ǂd 1944-
240 1 0 Essays. ǂk Selections
245 1 4 The cushion in the road : ǂb meditation and wandering as the whole world awakens to being in harm's way / ǂc Alice Walker
 
f

Novels

LitF     f
100 1   Grass, Günter, ǂd 1927-
240 1 0 Blechtrommel. ǂl English
245 1 4 The tin drum / ǂc Gunter Grass ; translated by Breon Mitchell
 
h

Humor, satire, etc. The item is a humorous work, satire, or of similar literary form.

LitF     h
245 0
0 Angry Birds space joke book
 
i

Letters. The item is a single letter or collection of correspondence.

LitF     i
100 1   Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, ǂd 1806-1861
240 1 0 Correspondence. ǂk Selections
245 1 4 The love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning / ǂc Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning
 
j

Short stories. The item is a short story or collection of short stories.

LitF     j
100 1   Saunders, George, ǂd 1958-
245 1 0 Tenth of December : ǂb stories / ǂc George Saunders
 
m

Mixed forms. The item is a variety of literary forms (e.g., poetry and short stories).

LitF     m
100 1   Shirley, John, ǂd 1953-
245 1 0 New taboos : ǂb plus A state of imprisonment and "Why we need forty years of hell" and "Pro is for professional" outspoken interview / ǂc by John Shirley
 
p

Poetry. The item is a poem or collection of poems.

LitF     p
100 1   Vergados, Athanassios, ǂe author, ǂe editor
245 1 4 The Homeric Hymn to Hermes : ǂb introduction, text and commentary / ǂc by Athanassios Vergados
 
s

Speeches. The item is a speech or collection of speeches.

LitF     s
100 1   Ki-moon, Ban
245 1 0 Building a better future for all : ǂb selected speeches of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2007-2012
 
u

Unknown. The literary form of the item is unknown.

 
fill character

No attempt to code

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, Field 008.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, 008/33 (Books).