Library of Congress Classification &
Relevant Subject Headings
- Subclass PR
- PR1-9680 English literature
- PR1-56 Literary history and criticism
- PR57-78 Criticism
- PR111-116 Women authors
- PR125-(138.5) Relations to other literatures and countries
- PR161-488 By period
- PR171-236 Anglo-Saxon (Beginnings through 1066)
- PR251-369 Medieval. Middle English (1066-1500)
- PR401-488 Modern
- PR421-(429) Elizabethan era (1550-1640)
- PR431-(439) 17th century
- PR441-(449) 18th century
- PR451-(469) 19th century
- PR471-(479) 20th century
- PR481-488 21st century
- PR500-614 Poetry
- PR521-614 By period
- PR621-744 Drama
- PR641-744 By period
- PR750-890 Prose
- PR767-818 By period
- PR821-890 Prose fiction. The novel
- PR901-907.2 Oratory PR908 Diaries
- PR911-918 Letters
- PR921-928 Essays
- PR931-938 Wit and humor
- PR(951)-981 Folk literature
- PR1098-1369 Collections of English literature
- PR1110 Special classes of authors
- PR1119-1151 By period
- PR1170-1228 Poetry
- PR1241-1273 Drama
- PR1281-1309 Prose (General)
- PR1321-1329 Oratory
- PR1330 Diaries
- PR1341-1349 Letters
- PR1361-1369 Essays
- PR1490-1799 Anglo-Saxon literature
- PR1803-2165 Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle PR English
- PR2199-3195 English renaissance (1500-1640)
- PR3291-3785 17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)
- PR3991-5990 19th century, 1770/1800-1890/1900
- PR6000-6049 1900-1960
- PR6050-6076 1961-2000
- PR6100-6126 2001-
- PR8309-9680 English literature: Provincial, local, etc.