The main subject heading is Literature
Broader Term: Philology
Criticism of a specific author: use the author's name, e.g.:
Tan, Amy -- Criticism and interpretation.
Narrower Terms include:
Authorship.
Children's literature.
Classical literature.
Criticism.
Drama.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Latin literature
Literary form.
Poetry.
Setting (Literature)
Style, Literary.
Concise Major 21st Century Writers, 5v, 2006
Contemporary Novelists, 7th ed., 2001
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature, 4v, 2009
Literary Themes for Students: Race and Prejudice, 2v, 2007
Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream, 2v, 2007
Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature, 2002
Reference Guide to World Literature, 3rd ed., 2v, 2003
The HPU Libraries provide an interlibrary loan service.
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To learn more about the service see the:
eBook Collections:
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A multicultural dictionary of literary terms Meader Library General Collection PN41 .C28 1999 |
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A glossary of contemporary literary theory, 2nd ed. Jeremy Hawthorn Routledge, Chapman and Hall Meader Library Reference Collection PN44.5 .H37 1994 |
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Romantic literary families Scott Krawczyk Palgrave Macmillan Meader Library General Collection PR448.C63 K73 2009 |
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Through other continents : American literature across deep time Wai Chee Dimock Princeton University Press and Meader Library General Collection PS157 .D56 2006 |
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Specters of Conquest : Indigenous Absence in Transatlantic Literatures Adam Lifshey Fordham University Press, 2010 |
At Meader Library, downtown campus, the literature collections are on the 5th Floor.
Atherton Library is on the 3rd Floor of the Cooke Academic Center.
In both locations, language and literature begins with the call number P. Below are the sub-classifications, as determined by the Library of Congress Classification System: (to view the complete listings, please click here [PDF])
| PA 3000 - 3049 | Classical Literature |
| PA 3050 - 4505 | Greek Literature |
| PA 5000 - 5660 | Byzantine And Modern Greek Literature |
| PA 6000 - 6971 | Roman Literature |
| PA 8001 - 8595 | Medieval And Modern Latin Literature |
| PB 1001 - 3029 | Celtic Languages And Literature |
| PG 2900 - 3698 | Russian Literature |
| PJ 7501 - 8517 | Arabic Literature |
| Pl 700 - 889 | Japanese Literature |
| Pl 950 - 998 | Korean Literature |
| Pl 2250 - 3208 | Chinese Literature |
| Pl 3512 - | Malaysian Literature |
| Pl 3515 - | Singapore Literature |
| Pl 3781 - 3801 | Himalayan Languages |
| Pl 8000 - 8844 | African Languages And Literature |
| PN 1 - 6790 | Literature (General) |
| PQ 1 - 3999 | French Literature |
| PQ 4001 - 5999 | Italian Literature |
| PQ 6001 - 8929 | Spanish Literature |
| PQ 9000 - 9999 | Portuguese Literature |
| PR 1 - 9680 | English Literature |
| PS 1 - 3576 | American Literature |
| PT 1 - 4897 | German Literature |
| PT 5001 - 5980 | Dutch Literature |
| PT 6000 - 6467.36 | Flemish Literature |
| PT 6500 - 6593.36 | Afrikaans Literature |
| PT 7001 - 7099 | Scandinavian Literature |
| PT 7101 - 7338 | Old Norse Literature: Old Icelandic And Old Norwegian |
| PT 7351 - 7550 | Modern Icelandic Literature |
| PT 7581 - 7599 | Faroese Literature |
| PT 7601 - 8260 | Danish literature. |
| PT 8301 - 9155 | Norwegian literature -- 19th century. |
| PT 9201 - 9999 | Swedish literature. |