Call Number Locations

Information on language and literature in English can be found throughout the Library of Congress's classification system (the one we employ in the University Libraries), but the majority of items are in the PE, PN, PR, and PS ranges. The following Library of Congress call numbers mark areas where a significant number of books, journals, and other materials can be found: (All in W.E.B. Du Bois Library)

PE1-PE3279 Works about the English language 12th floor

PR1-PR9680 Works of or about English literature 11th floor

• PR1-PR78 Literary history and criticism
• PR111-116 History criticism of English women authors
• PR161-PR479 Literary history and criticism by period
• PR 500-PR611 History and criticism of English poetry
• PR908 Diaries
• PR911-917 Letters
• PR951-981 Folk Literature
• PR 1490-PR1799 Anglo-Saxon literature
• PR1803-PR2165 Literature of: Anglo-Norman period; Early English; Middle English.
• PR2199-PR3195 Literature of the English Renaissance: 1500-1640
• PR3291-PR3785 English literature of the 17th and 18th centuries: 1640-1770
• PR3991-PR5990 English literature of the 19th century: 1770-1900
• PR6000-PR6049 English literature from 1900-1960
• PR6050-PR6076 English literature 1961-

PR9080-PR9680 Works of or about English literature outside of Great Britain, except for United States 11th floor

• PR9265 Jamaica
• PR9350-PR9369.3 South Africa
• PR9381 Kenya
• PR9387 Nigeria
• PR9480-PR9499.3 India
• PR9550 Philippines
• PR9600-9619.3 Australia
• PR9620-9639.3 New Zealand

PS1-3576 Works of or about American (United States) literature 11th floor

• PS25-PS79 Theory and principles of the study of American literature
• PS85-PS111 History of American literature
• PS126-PS135 Biography, memoirs, letters, etc.
• PS147-PS152 Women authors, Women and literature
• PS501-PS509 Collections of American literature
• PS700-PS893 Individual authors and works, Colonial period (17th and 18th centuries)
• PS991-PS3390 Individual authors and works, 19th century
• PS3500-PS3549 Individual authors and works, 1900-1960
• PS3550-PS3576 Individual authors and works, 1961 -

PS8001-PS8599 Works of or about Canadian literature See also PR9180-PR9199.3 11th floor

Z1224.2-Z1363 Bibliography on American literature Main floor and 21st floor

Z1375-Z1401 Bibliography on Canadian literature Main floor and 21st floor

Z2037-Z2039 Bibliography on Literature of Great Britain and Ireland Main floor and 21st floor

For other call number floor locations in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, use the Call Number Location guide.

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Created: June 2002
Last modified: January 13, 2003