Novel = Book

[Sam Clements]

And, now that I search, I can find examples as early as 1974 for books being
called "fiction novels."  And they ain't talking about Capote or science
fiction novels(which most hits in the 1960's were talking about).

SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Sheidlower" <jester at PANIX.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Novel = Book


> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 04:50:40PM -0700, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >
> > I can't show any print examples that actually name
> > recognized works of nonfiction as "novels." Yet.  There may
> > be an example in Leonard Maltin's movie review book, but I
> > was too stultified to write it down.
>
> Jon,
>
> I'm pretty sure that you sent me an example that I, too lazy to
> type in, simply wrote on a slip and sent off to Oxford. Some
> military book.
>
> It's been observed that _graphic novel_ is used to refer to
> any narrative in comic form, fiction or not--_Maus_ being a
> prime example of the latter.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>