Document (#30833)

Author

Bell, H.K.

Title

Should fiction be indexed? : the indexability of text

Source

Indexer. 18(1992) no.2, S.83-86

Year

1992

Abstract

Considers what features of texts make them appropriate or necessary to be supplied with an index, and distinguishes between informational and literary text. Serious fiction is seen as comprising elements of both types of text, and the particular difficulties of indexing it,a nd the value of indexes to fiction, are considered

Theme

Schöne Literatur
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