| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 1-44.5 | Periodicals. Encyclopedias. Dictionaries. Digests. Terminology |
| PN 45-57 | Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics |
| - PN 56.A-Z | - Relation to other special topics |
| - PN 56.3.A-Z | - Relation to countries, ethnic groups, races |
| - PN 56.5.A-Z | - Relation to characters. Special classes of people |
| - PN 57.A-Z | - Relation to individual characters |
| PN 58-75 | Study & teaching. Biography |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 1-9 | Periodicals Class here periodicals devoted to general literary history & criticism with or without creative writing |
| - PN 1 | - International (Polyglot) |
| - PN 2 | - American & English |
| - PN 5 | - Italian |
| - PN 6 | - Spanish |
| PN 20-30 | Societies |
| - PN 22 | - United States |
| PN 33 | Congresses |
| PN 36.A-Z | Studies in honor of a particular person or institution. Festschriften. By honoree, A-Z |
| PN 37 | Collected works, papers, essays, of individual authors |
| PN 41-43 | Encyclopedias. Dictionaries see also PN451+ Biography |
| - PN 41 | - General |
| - PN 43 | - Miscellaneous & special including works not in dictionary form, i.e., Notes & queries, Curiosities of literature, Dictionaries of prhase & fable, Allusions, etc. |
| PN 44 | Digests of literature. Synopses, etc. |
| PN 44.5 | Terminology |
see also N61+ Visual arts; PN80+ Criticism; PN101+ Authorship
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 45 | General works. Ideals, content, etc. Plots, motives |
| PN 45.5 | Forms of literature |
| PN 46-55 | Relation to & treatment of special elements, problems, & subjects |
| - PN 47 | - Life |
| - PN 48 | - Nature see also PN56.G3 Gardens; PR143 English literature; PR508.N3 English poetry |
| - PN 49 | - Philosophy, ethics, religion, etc. see PN1077 Poetry; PN1647 Drama; PN3347 Prose |
| - PN 50 | - Relation to history |
| - PN 51 | - Relation to sociology, economics, political science, etc. (social ideals, forces, etc. in literature) |
| - PN 53 | - Relation to art |
| - PN 54 | - Relation to language |
| - PN 55 | - Relation to science |
| - PN 56-57 | - Other special |
| - - PN 56.A-Z | - - Topics, A-Z |
| - - PN 56.3.A-Z | - - Countries, cities, ethnic groups, & races, A-Z |
| - - PN 56.4-57 | - - Characters |
| - - - PN 56.4 | - - - General works |
| - - - PN 56.5.A-Z | - - - Special classes of people, A-Z For ethnic groups & races see PN56.3.A+ |
| - - - PN 57.A-Z | - - - Individual characters, A-Z |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 56.A5 | Allegory |
| PN 56.A64 | Animals |
| PN 56.A73 | Architecture |
| PN 56.B5 | Bible |
| PN 56.B62 | Body, Human |
| PN 56.C55 | Cities & towns |
| PN 56.C618 | Collective memory |
| PN 56.C63 | Colonies |
| PN 56.D4 | Death |
| PN 56.D45 | Decadence (Literary movement) |
| PN 56.E6 | Emotions |
| PN 56.E65 | Epic literature |
| PN 56.E7 | Erotic motive |
| PN 56.F34 | Fantastic literature |
| PN 56.F46 | Feminism |
| PN 56.G45 | Gender identity |
| PN 56.G7 | Grotesque |
| PN 56.H55 | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
| PN 56.H57 | Homosexuality including male homosexuality |
| PN 56.H6 | Horror |
| PN 56.I465 | Imperialism |
| PN 56.I64 | Internet |
| PN 56.I65 | Irony |
| PN 56.L33 | Law |
| PN 56.L45 | Lesbianism |
| PN 56.L6 | Love |
| PN 56.M24 | Magic realism |
| PN 56.M316 | Masculinity |
| PN 56.M38 | Medicine |
| PN 56.M45 | Mental illness |
| PN 56.M53 | Metamorphosis |
| PN 56.M536 | Mimesis |
| PN 56.M54 | Modernism (Literature) |
| PN 56.M87 | Music in literature For influence of literature on music see ML3849 |
| PN 56.M94 | Myth |
| PN 56.M95 | Mythology |
| PN 56.N19 | Nationalism |
| PN 56.O4 | Old age |
| PN 56.P3 | Pastoral literature |
| PN 56.P55 | Popular literature |
| PN 56.P555 | Postcolonialism |
| PN 56.P914 | Psychic trauma |
| PN 56.P92 | Psychoanalysis |
| PN 56.P93 | Psychology |
| PN 56.R16 | Race |
| PN 56.R3 | Realism. Naturalism |
| PN 56.R7 | Romanticism |
| PN 56.S46 | Self-knowledge |
| PN 56.S5 | Sex |
| PN 56.S52 | Sex differences |
| PN 56.S53 | Sexual deviation |
| PN 56.S8 | Supernatural |
| PN 56.S87 | Surrealism |
| PN 56.S9 | Symbolism |
| PN 56.T37 | Technology |
| PN 56.T5 | Time |
| PN 56.T7 | Travel |
| PN 56.U8 | Utopias see also HX806+ Works on Utopia |
| PN 56.V3 | Vampires |
| PN 56.V53 | Violence |
| PN 56.W3 | War |
| PN 56.W6 | Women see PN56.5.W64 |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 56.3.B55 | Blacks |
| PN 56.3.J4 | Jews |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 56.5.A35 | Adolescent girls |
| PN 56.5.C48 | Children |
| PN 56.5.E96 | Exiles |
| PN 56.5.H35 | Handicapped. People with disabilities |
| PN 56.5.H45 | Heroes |
| PN 56.5.M67 | Mothers |
| PN 56.5.P74 | Prostitutes |
| PN 56.5.W64 | Women |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 58 | Single essays |
| PN 59-72 | Study & teaching see also LB1527 Primary education; LB1575+ Elementary education |
| - PN 59 | - General works |
| - PN 61 | - General special |
| - PN 63-68.2 | - By period |
| - - PN 68 | - - 20th century |
| - PN 70-71 | - By region or country |
| - - PN 70 | - - United States |
| PN 73 | Literary research |
| PN 74-75 | Biography of literary critics & historians |
| - PN 74 | - Collective |
| - PN 75.A-Z | - Individual, A-Z |