| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 101-149 | Periodicals. Dictionaries. Treatises |
| PN 149.8-163 | Authorship as a profession. Ethics. Relations. Social conditions of authors |
| PN 164-169 | Literary landmarks. Plagiarism |
| PN 171.A-Z | Other special topics, A-Z |
| PN 171.4-239 | Technique. Literary composition, etc. |
| PN 241-245 | Translating as a literary pursuit. Commonplace books |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 101-109 | Periodicals |
| PN 131-133 | Congresses |
| PN 137 | Collections |
| PN 141 | Dictionaries |
| PN 143 | Study & teaching. Schools, etc. see also PN181 Technique (Authorship) |
| PN 145-149 | Treatises |
| - PN 145 | - General works (Theory & technique) |
| - PN 146 | - Research work. Historical & scientific authorship |
| - PN 147 | - Popular works. "Writing for the press" including handbooks, "desk books" (questions of punctuation, capitalization, spelling, etc.) see also HF5725+ Business correspondence manuals see also LB1028.6 Programmed instruction authorship see also PN4775+ Journalism see also Z253+ Printers' style manuals |
| - PN 147.5 | - Authorship of children's literature see also PN3377 Juvenile stories |
| - PN 149 | - Addresses, essays, lectures |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 149.8-149.9 | Biography of literary agents, editors, etc. see also PN75.A+ Critics & historians see also PN451+ Authors |
| - PN 149.8 | - Collective |
| - PN 149.9.A-Z | - Individual, A-Z |
| PN 151 | General works. Treatises |
| PN 153 | Popular works |
| PN 155 | Authors & publishers see also Z278+ Bookselling & publishing |
| PN 156 | Censorship see also PN2042+ Censorship of the theater |
| PN 160 | Preparation of manuscripts |
| Preparation of theses, college research papers, book reports, etc. see LB2369 |
|
| PN 161 | How to sell manuscripts |
| PN 162 | Editing of books & manuscripts see also PN4778 Newspaper editing |
| PN 163 | Literary agents |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 164 | Literary landmarks. Homes & haunts of authors. Literary journeys Class here general works only For national, see PR109+, etc. |
| PN 165 | Miscellany including anecdotes, quarrels & amenities of authors, etc. |
| PN 166 | Imitation (in literature) |
| PN 167-168 | Plagiarism |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 171.A33 | Adaptation |
| PN 171.C5 | Child authors |
| PN 171.D37 | Data processing |
| PN 171.F56 | Footnotes. Bibliographic citations |
| PN 171.F6 | Literary forgeries, impostures |
| PN 171.G47 | Ghostwriting |
| PN 171.M93 | Multilingualism. Bilingualism |
| PN 171.P75 | Prizes |
| PN 171.P83 | Psychological aspects |
| PN 171.Q6 | Quotations |
| PN 171.W74 | Writer's block see also RC552.W74 |
For general works on composition & rhetoric in a specific language, see the language in classes PA - PL
For rhetoric (General) see P301+
For rhetoric & composition see PE1401.2+
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 171.4 | Periodicals |
| PN 171.6 | Congresses |
| PN 172 | Dictionaries. Terminology |
| PN 173-179 | Theory. Philosophy see also BJ42 Relation to ethics |
| - PN 173 | - Early works |
| - PN 175-179 | - Later works |
| - - PN 175 | - - English |
| - - PN 179 | - - Other |
| PN 181 | Study & teaching |
| PN 183 | History |
| PN 185-189 | Treatises |
| - PN 185 | - Early works |
| - PN 187-189 | - Later works |
| - - PN 187 | - - English |
| - - PN 189 | - - Other |
| PN 197-198 | Exercises & specimens |
| PN 203-218 | General special |
| - PN 203 | - Style see also PE1421 Modern English philology |
| - PN 204 | - Readability see also BF456.R2 Psychology of reading |
| - PN 212 | - Narration see also PN3383.N35 Fiction |
| - PN 218 | - Other including inventing of characters |
| PN 221-229 | Special elements of style |
| - PN 221 | - Invention |
| - PN 227-228 | - Figures see also PE1445.A2+ Modern English philology |
| - - PN 227 | - - General works |
| - - PN 228.A-Z | - - Special, A-Z |
| - - - PN 228.M4 | - - - Metaphor see also P301.5.M48 Metaphor (General) |
| PN 235-239 | Special kinds of style For special forms of literature see PN1010+ |
| - PN 239.A-Z | - Other, A-Z |
| - - PN 239.P64 | - - Political see also P301.5.P67 Political rhetoric (General) |
For special subjects, see the subject in classes B - Z, e.g., Technology, T11.5
For general works on translating of a specific language, see the language in subclasses PA - PL
For translating & interpreting as a linguistic skill & technique see P306+
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 241-241.5 | Translating as a literary pursuit |
| - PN 241 | - General works |
| - PN 241.5.A-A | - By region or country, A-Z |
| PN 245 | Aids. Scrapbooks. commonplace books |