Subtitle (titling)
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In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. For example, Mary Shelley used a subtitle to give her most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, an alternate title to give a hint of the theme. There are at least eight books in English that carry the subtitle Virtue Rewarded. Subtitles for plays were fashionable in the Elizabethan period, and Shakespeare parodied this vogue by giving Twelfth Night the pointless subtitle What You Will, implying that the subtitle can be whatever the audience wants it to be. In printing, subtitles often appear below the title in a less prominent typeface or following the title after a colon.
Some modern publishers choose to forgo subtitles when republishing historical works, such as Shelley's famous story, which is often now sold simply as Frankenstein.
Subtitles are also popular in computer game titles, often used to differentiate different installments in a series rather than using solely numbers, such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.
[edit] Examples
- Home: A History of An Idea
- One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
- The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
- The Century: America's Time
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- The Hobbit or There And Back Again
[edit] Bookkeeping
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Subtitle can be represented by several fields, according to MARC standards.
