Keeping critical texts separate

[Lobstergirl]

Actually Bloom's Notes (a series) are different from the Modern Critical Interpretations and shouldn't be combined. I can't remember specifically how they're different, aside from being much shorter, but I've looked at them in the library so I know there's some difference.

I'm not sure, though, why one edition of Modern Critical Interpretations would be 246 pages and another one, 159 pages. Other than simply additional critical essays, which is probably what it is. The later edition has more essays. Those should still be combined together, though, even though one has more content.

I'll separate the Bloom's Notes out.

As to your first question, I suppose the best way is to make sure the novel is always attributed to Melville, whereas the Bloom books are attributed to Bloom. Yes, sometimes people don't know what the Bloom books are so they'll elevate Melville to primary author....I guess a librarian's note could help. Maybe. Sometimes they get ignored. Incidentally the author of the novel should not be listed as a secondary author of a Bloom Critical Interpretation, because they aren't. A Bloom Critical Interpretation is merely a book of essays on the novel.

[Lobstergirl]

Edit: On second thought, we should not be adding librarians' notes to the Bloom books. Given that he has 4 pages of works (on the combine pages), it would create an unspeakable, horrific mountain of extra verbiage on each page.

[lafon حمزة]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Edit: On second thought, we should not be adding librarians' notes to the Bloom books. Given that he has 4 pages of works (on the combine pages), it would create an unspeakable, horrific mountain..."

Unfortunately, that's all we have to work with. The librarian's note is all the tool we have, so it has to be used. I'd prefer to have the extra text rather than have to separate those many works later on.

[Lobstergirl]

Well, it doesn't have to be used. It's optional. I certainly use it in certain circumstances. This is a circumstance where I wouldn't use it only because it's Harold Bloom who has one zillion books.

The assault on the eyeballs of having a librarian's note attached to every single one of Bloom's books is worse than having to separate.