Re: Protagonists

From: Karen Coyle <lists_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:36:29 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 4/14/15 7:18 AM, Joel Marchesoni wrote:
>   It is a little disappointing that I couldn't find the IMDB of the literary world.

Which reflects an interesting difference between books and movies -- 
movies have credits that list characters and actors. There are a few 
books that include character lists, but not many. You can get a list of 
Harry Potter characters from the movie because that list exists in the 
movie. The movie credits can also be considered "authoritative" in the 
same way that the title page of a book with the title and author is. Any 
list of characters that is not from the book itself has something of an 
authority problem.

kc

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