Library of Congress Classification:Class P, subclass PR -- English literature

Subclass PR: English Literature is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system under Class P -- Language and Literature. This article describes subclass PR.

Contents

PR

1-9680........English literature

1-56.........Literary history and criticism

57-78........Criticism

111-116......Women authors

125-138.5....Relations to other literatures and countries

161-479......By period

171-236.....Anglo-Saxon (Beginnings through 1066)

251-369.....Medieval. Middle English (1066-1500)

401-479.....Modern

421-429....Elizabethan era (1550-1640)

431-439....17th century

441-449....18th century

451-469....19th century

471-479....20th century

500-611......Poetry

521-611.....By period

621-739......Drama

641-739.....By period

750-885......Prose

767-808.....By period

821-885.....Prose fiction. The novel

901-907......Oratory

908..........Diaries

911-917......Letters

921-927......Essays

931-937......Wit and humor

951-981......Folk literature

1098-1369....Collections of English literature

1110........Special classes of authors

1119-1150...By period

1170-1227...Poetry

1241-1273...Drama

1281-1309...Prose (General)

1321-1329...Oratory

1330........Diaries

1341-1349...Letters

1361-1369...Essays

1490-1799....Anglo-Saxon literature

1803-2165....Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle English

2199-3195....English Renaissance (1500-1640)

3291-3785....17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)

3991-5990....19th century, 1770/1800-1880/1900

6000-6049....1900-1960

6050-6076....1961-2000

6100-6126....2001-

8309-9680....English literature: Provincial local, etc.

Sources

Library of Congress Classification Outline