| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 441-497 | Biography |
| PN 500-519 | Collections |
| PN 521-595 | Comprehensive works. Universal histories, etc. |
| PN 597-605 | Special relations, movements, & currents of literature |
| PN 610-789 | By period |
| - PN 610-649 | - Ancient. Alexandrian & early Christian |
| - PN 661-694 | - Medieval (to 1500) |
| - PN 695-789 | - Modern |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 441 | Theory & method |
| PN 451-497 | Biography |
| - PN 451-466 | - General collections |
| - - PN 451-453 | - - English |
| - - - PN 451 | - - - Comprehensive |
| - - - PN 452 | - - - Minor |
| - - - PN 453 | - - - Collected memoirs, letters, etc. |
| - - PN 466 | - - Other |
| - PN 471-479 | - Women authors |
| - - PN 471 | - - English works |
| - - PN 479 | - - Other |
| - PN 481 | - Feminine influence in literature. Authors' relations to women. Love, marriage, etc. Class here general works only For special countries, see PQ147.5; PR119; etc. |
| - PN 485-497 | - Other classes of authors |
| - - PN 485 | - - Catholic authors |
| - - PN 490 | - - Black authors |
| - - PN 491.3 | - - Gay authors |
| - - PN 491.5 | - - Minority authors |
| - - PN 494 | - - Prisoners as authors |
| - - PN 495 | - - Exiled authors. Expatriates |
| - - PN 497 | - - Authors of children's literature |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 500-509 | Various authors |
| - PN 500.5-509 | - 1801- |
| - - PN 501 | - - American & English |
| - - PN 504 | - - German |
| - - PN 505 | - - Italian |
| PN 510-519 | Collected essays of individual authors. Essays on ancient & modern literature For medieval & modern, see PN710; for other periods or subjects, see PN630, PN681, etc.; subclasses PA - PT |
| - PN 510 | - Early through 1800 |
| - PN 510.5-519 | - 1801- |
| - - PN 511 | - - American & English |
| - - PN 513 | - - French |
| - - PN 514 | - - German |
| - - PN 515 | - - Italian |
| - - PN 518 | - - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 521-524 | American & English |
| - PN 523-524 | - Recent works |
| - - PN 523 | - - Treatises |
| - - PN 524 | - - Compends, textbooks, outlines |
| PN 591-594 | Spanish, Portuguese and Spanish American |
| Call Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| PN 597 | Literary movements (General) |
| PN 601 | Realism. Naturalism |
| PN 603 | Romanticism |
| PN 605.A-Z | Other, A-Z |