Serialized novel in a magazine

By JeffH13 on Sun, 01/14/2024 - 15:53

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Dear EE,

A first cousin of mine, three times removed, recorded in his notes a certain writing that influenced him to return to college and complete his education.  It was The Guarded Heights by Wadsworth Camp.  Not the novel itself, but a serialized version published in Collier's magazine.  (It was later published as a standalone novel, Doubleday: 1921.) I want to make reference to it, specifically the magazine version. (I don't know if this is an abridged/condensed version - I would think so, but I'm not stating that.)  I found it online; I've reviewed EE ch. 14; here's my citation.  I've put the title in quotation marks since it's not a standalone publication; the magazine is.  I've put the dates of the magazine in day-month-year format so there aren't so many commas.  Please comment.

Thank you,
Jeff Hodge

Wadsworth Camp, "The Guarded Heights," serialized novel, Collier's: The National Weekly, 4 September 1920 to 18 December 1920 (16 issues); digital images, HathiTrust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000045638 : accessed 14 January 2024) > v.66 1920 Jul-Dec > starting at image 359 of 1034; citing original issues at the University of Michigan.

Submitted byEEon Mon, 01/15/2024 - 07:46

Jeff, you've done well. You understand the basic elements to be cited and you've adapted well.

Typically, for an article in a magazine or journal (which is essentially what each installment is), we cite page numbers. For a serialized work that runs through sixteen issues, that would be quite unwieldy.

If your cousin had referred to one particular passage in the series, then you would want to make a more explicit citation to that particular passage. But for the usage you describe, a generic citation to the whole series is appropriate; and the additional HathiTrust citation makes the serialization easily locatable.

Were you to publish this in a journal, your editors would likely omit your last layer on the premise that Collier's was a major publication in its era, and one still held by many libraries. In your "working notes," however, you are free to add anything that you think might help you or others.

Submitted byJeffH13on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:20

EE,

Thanks for confirming my approach.  BTW I still find it fascinating that a Google search easily found the publication I was looking for.  I had not heard of this HathiTrust website before, but they seem to have a lot of content.

Jeff