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Film, Video Fiction Collections at the Library of Congress

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Title

  • Fiction Collections at the Library of Congress

Summary

  • Discussion of the current fiction collections of the Library of Congress with an emphasis on the papers of National Book Award winners in the Manuscript Division. Four Library of Congress veterans present "Fiction at the Library of Congress." The program and discussion focus on the history and future directions of the Library's American literature collections and highlight an online feature focusing on the fiction collections of the Library of Congress, available at www.read.gov. Speakers make special note of the strong Library of Congress holdings of prominent National Book Award Fiction winners Ralph Ellison, Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-10-23.

Headings

  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Group name: Fiction Prize.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  John Y. Cole, Mark Dimunation, Guy Lamolinara, Alice Birney.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-10-23.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688328

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Fiction Collections at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-23, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688328/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2009) Fiction Collections at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-23. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688328/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Fiction Collections at the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-23, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688328/>.