Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc.
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Allegories
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Use for works of fiction which contain a secondary meaning embodied in the narrative, often moral or spiritual in nature. A novel belonging to this genre is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress.
Alternative terms
UF
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Allegorical fiction
UF
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Cautionary tales and verse
UF
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Moral and philosophical stories
UF
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Morality tales
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RT
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Fables
RT
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Parables
Date of creation
09-May-2009
Accepted term
09-May-2009
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