62a Using italics for titles

62aUsing italics for titles

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In general, use italics for titles of long works; use quotation marks for shorter works (58b and 60c).

BOOKS Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo
FILMS AND VIDEOS 12 Years a Slave
LONG MUSICAL WORKS Brandenburg Concertos
LONG POEMS Bhagavad Gita
MAGAZINES Ebony
JOURNALS the New England Journal of Medicine
NEWSPAPERS the Cleveland Plain Dealer
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Iris
PAMPHLETS Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
PLAYS The Book of Mormon
RADIO SERIES All Things Considered
RECORDINGS Slade Alive!
SOFTWARE Final Cut Pro
TELEVISION SERIES Orange Is the New Black

Do not use italics for sacred books, such as the Bible and the Qur’an; for public documents, such as the Constitution and the Magna Carta; or for the titles of your own papers. With magazines and newspapers, do not italicize or capitalize an initial the, even if part of the official name.