Shelving system classification

ABasic literature LEnglish Authors since ca. 1900
BEnglish linguistic studies, American englishMEnglish literature since ca. 2000
CEnglish literary studiesNEnglish Authors since ca. 2000
DOld and middle english literature, Renaissance (ca. 600-1660)PCanadian anglophone literature
EIndividual literary monuments and poets (ca. 600-1660)QAustralian and New Zealand literature
FRestoration, english literature of the 18. century (1660-1800)ROther postcolonial anglophone literatures
GEnglish authors (1660-1800)SAmerican literature
HEnglish literature of the 19. century
TAmerican authors
JEnglishe authors (19. century)UAmerican authors since ca. 2000
KEnglish literature since ca. 1900ZJournals

A Basic literature

    AA-AF Bibliographies

  • AA English philology, library catalogues
  • AB English language, American English, didactics, exhibition catalogues
  • AC English literature
  • AD American and other anglophone literature
  • AE Individual types, literary movements
  • AF Other (motifs, translations, journals, editors, etc.)
  • AH-AQ Encyclopaedias, dictionaries

  • AH Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, frequency of occurrence, regressiveness, statistics, abbreviations
  • AI Periods, etymology, glossaries
  • AJ Functional groups, synonyms, idiomatics, pronunciation, orthography, loanwords
  • AK Bilingual dictionaries
  • AL Name dictionaries, geographical name dictonaries
  • AM Accents, special languages, slang, americanisms, pidgin
  • AN Literary encyclopaedias, terminological dictionaries
  • AO Quotations, proverbs, rhyme, beginning of verses
  • AP Literary ncyclopaedias of englishspeaking countries
  • AQ History of science, state of research, research and progress reports, research organisation, profession, academic studies, study guides, university didactics, specialised didactics, connections to other subjects, literary awards

  • AR Festschrift, article collections
  • AS Conference papers
  • AT English education, curriculum theory
  • AV-AW Einführungen, Handbücher, Grundlegende Literatur

  • AV Anglistik
  • AW Amerikanistik, Kanadistik
  • AY Cultural history and regional studies

  • AYA Great Britain
  • AYC Scotland, Cornwall, Ireland, Wales
    (literature and dictionaries of celtic languages at 20/HD/mb...)
  • AYG USA
  • AYK Canada
  • AYM Australia und New Zealand
  • AYQ Anglophone countries of Africa, Asia and the Carribean
  • AYT Transnational illustrations
  • AYZ Cultural didactics

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B English linguistic studies, American english

  • BA Grammars
  • BB Historical linguistics
  • BC Old English
  • BD Middle english, early modern English
  • BE Modern linguistics, linguistic computing
  • BF Grammar theory, pragmatics
  • BK Phonetics, phonology
  • BL Lexicology, vocabulary, etymology, semantics, synonyms, onomatology
  • BM Stylistics, idiomatics, text linguistics, rhetorics
  • BN Dialectology, language geography, variety linguistics, slang, pidgin languages (cf. also 20/AN/mb .... and 20/HF/mb ....)
  • BO American English, Canadian English, Black English, Caribbean English (cf. also 20/HF/mb ....)
  • BP Sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, political language
  • BQ Psycholinguistics, language acquisition, sign language
  • BR Applied linguistics, media studies
  • BS Didactic method
  • BT Schoolbooks and workbooks
  • BU Indian, Inuit and Aborigine languages

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C English literary studies

  • CA English literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • CB Didactics of literary education, theory text imparting
  • CD Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • CE Topics and motifs
  • CF Literary history, overall view
  • CJ-CN Individual types

  • CJ Poetry
  • CK Drama
  • CL Epic poetry
  • CM Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • CN Other types

  • CO Film philology
  • CP Collections of interpretations
  • CQ-CT Text collections

  • CQ General text collections, literary theories
  • CR Poetry
  • CS Drama
  • CT Prose, novel

  • CU Other literature (speech, parody, limerick, essay, ballad etc.)
  • CY Scottish, welsh, irish literatures
  • CZ Text collections (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall) in english language
    (celtic language at 20/HD/mb ...)

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D Old and middle english literature, Renaissance (ca. 600-1660)

  • DA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • DB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • DC Topics and motifs
  • DD Literary history
  • DE Latin literature of the Middle Ages
  • DF-DH Individual periods

  • DF Old English literature
  • DG Middle English literature
  • DH Renaissance, Elizabethan and Jacobean era

  • DK Collections of interpretations
  • DL-DO Individual types

  • DL Poetry
  • DM Drama
  • DN Epic poetry, romance
  • DO Other types (prose, novel, oral poetry, ars moriendi, fabliau etc.)
  • DP-DY Text collections

  • DP General text collections. Authors and anonyma, as long as not listed under individual authors
  • DQ Poetry
  • DR Drama
  • DS Epic poetry
  • DT Prose, novel
  • DW Camden Society. Old series
  • DX Percy Society. Scottish Text Society
  • DY Tudor translations

  • DZ Other (letter, sermon, etc.)

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E Individual literary monuments and poets (ca. 600-1660)

    in alphabetical order of authors' names or titles with corresponding secondary literature

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F Restoration, english literature of the 18. century (1660-1800)

  • FA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • FB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • FC Topics and motifs
  • FD Literary history
  • FE-FG Individual periods

  • FE Restoration
  • FF Enlightenment, Classicism, neoklassicism, Augustean period
  • FG Pre-Romanticism
  • FL-FP Individual types

  • FL Poetry
  • FM Drama
  • FN Epic poetry
  • FO Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • FP Other

  • FR Collections of interpretations
  • FS-FV Text collections

  • FS General text collections
  • FT Poetry
  • FU Drama
  • FV Epic poetry, prose, novel

  • FW Other (essay, sermon, letter, biography, satire)

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G English authors (1660-1800)

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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H English literature of the 19. century

  • HA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • HB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • HC Topics and motifs
  • HD Literary history
  • HF-HH Individual periods and genres

  • HF Romanticism
  • HG Realism and evolutionism
  • HH Pre-Raphaelite period, Aestheticism, Bloomsbury Group
  • HJ-HN Individual types

  • HJ Poetry
  • HK Drama
  • HL Epic poetry
  • HM Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • HN Other

  • HP Collections of interpretations
  • HQ-HT Text collections

  • HQ General text collections
  • HR Poetry
  • HS Drama
  • HT Epic poetry, prose, novel

  • HU Letters, memoirs
  • HV Other (essays, sermons, etc.)

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J English authors (19. century)

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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K English literature since ca. 1900

  • KA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • KB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • KC Topics and motifs
  • KD Literary history
  • KE Individual styles and genres
  • KJ-KN Individual types

  • KJ Poetry
  • KK Drama
  • KL Epic poetry
  • KM Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • KN Other (press, autobiography, film, television drama etc.)

  • KP Collections of interpretations
  • KQ-KT Text collections

  • KQ General text collections
  • KR Poetry
  • KS Drama
  • KT Epic poetry, prose, novel

  • KU Other

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L English authors since ca. 1900

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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M English literature since ca. 2000

  • MA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • MB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • MC Topics and motifs
  • MD Literary history
  • ME Individual styles and genres
  • MJ-MN Individual types

  • MJ Poetry
  • MK Drama
  • ML Epic poetry
  • MM Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • MN Other (press, autobiography, film, television drama etc.)

  • MP Collections of interpretations
  • MQ-MT Text collections

  • MQ General text collections
  • MR Poetry
  • MS Drama
  • MT Epic poetry, prose, novel

  • MU Other

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N English authors since ca. 2000

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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P Canadian anglophone literature

  • PA Literary studies in general
  • PC Literary history
  • PD Individual literary genres
  • PM Text collections
  • PN Individual authors

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Q Australian and New Zealand literature

  • QA Literary studies in general
  • QC Literary history
  • QD Individual literary genres
  • QM Text collections
  • QN Individual authors

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R Other postcolonial anglophone literatures

  • RA Literary studies in general
  • RC Literary history
  • RD Individual literary genres
  • RM Text collections
  • RN Individual authors

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S American literature

  • SA Literary studies, general literary psychology and sociology, literary theory, literary criticism
  • SB Poetics, aesthetics, stylistics, rhetorics, metre
  • SC Topics and motifs
  • SD Literary history
  • SE Literary history (until 19. century)
  • SF Literary history (since ca. 1900)
  • SG Individual styles and genres
  • SH Literary history (since ca. 2000)
  • SJ Black literature
  • SK-SO Individual types

  • SK Poetry
  • SL Drama, film drama, tragedy
  • SM Epic poetry
  • SN Prose, novels, novella, narrations
  • SO Other (magazines, folklore etc.)

  • SP Film studies
  • SQ Collections of interpretations
  • SR-SV Text collections

  • SR General text collections
  • SS Black literature
  • ST Poetry
  • SU Drama, film
  • SV Epic poetry, prose, novel, novella, narrations

  • SW Other (essays, riddles, jokes, journals etc.)

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T American authors

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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U American authors since ca. 2000

    in alphabetical order of authors' names with corresponding secondary literature

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Z Journals