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In the Library of Congress Classification System, subclass PS corresponds to American Literature. For specific authors, browse the following call number ranges for more titles:
| PS 700 - 893 | Colonial Period (17th and 18th centuries) |
| PS 991 - 3390 | 19th Century |
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Selected Books and Ebooks
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The American Renaissance in New England
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Call Number: PN 771 .D53 v.1Publication Date: 1978-12-15 -
American Literature in Context to 1865
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Call Number: PS 88 .C43 2011ISBN: 9781405188630Publication Date: 2010-08-02 -
Major Writers of Early American Literature
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Call Number: PS 185.E4ISBN: 9780299061944Publication Date: 1976-02-15 -
Democratic Discourses
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Call Number: Ebook - access onlineISBN: 9780813535722Publication Date: 2005-04-08 -
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
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Call Number: Ebook - access onlineISBN: 9780198031758
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