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English Literature

Search Terms

For books on English literature and other topics, try these keywords and phrases:

Epic literature

History and criticism

Nationalism and literature

Regionalism and literature

Modernism and literature

Post-modernism and literature

Transationalism and literature

Romanticism and literature

Postcolonialism and literature

Textual criticism

Literary terms (allegory, allusion, plot, character, personification)

Image of Chaucer as a pilgrim from Ellesmere Manuscript in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Library of Congress Call Numbers

Browse the Library shelves using the call numbers below for books on English literature. Browsing the Library shelves can be fun. Just remember, we may have many more ebooks on this topic, so be sure to search the Library Catalog.

Library of Congress Shelf Location Subject
PN1-6790 Literature (General)
PN1010-1525 Poetry
PN1600-3307 Drama
PN3311-3503 Prose. Prose Fiction
PR1-9680 English Literature
PR161-488 By Period (Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Middle English, Modern) 
PR500-614 Poetry
PR621-744 Drama 
PR750-890 Prose
PR1098-1369 Collections of English Literature
PR2199-3195 English Renaissance (1500-1640)