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1-4897...........German literature

German literature

German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...

1-80............Literary history and criticism

83-(873)........History of German literature

175-230........Medieval

Medieval German literature

Medieval German literature refers to literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Reformation being the last possible cut-off point....

236-405........Modern

500-597........Poetry

605-709........Drama

711-871........Prose

(881)-(951)...Folk literature

923-937......Faust

Faust

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...

 legend

1100-1479.......Collections

1100-1141......General

1151-1241......Poetry

1251-1299......Drama

1301-1360......Prose

1371-(1374)....Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German.

1375-1479......Middle High German

1501-2688.......Individual authors or works

1501-1695......Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500

1701-1797......1500-ca. 1700

1799-2592......1700-ca. 1860/70

1891-2239......Goethe

1891-2017.....Works

2026-(2039)..Translations

(2044)-2239...Biography and criticism

2600-2653......1860/70-1960

2660-2688......1961-2000

2700-2728......2001-

3701-3971.......Provincial, local, colonial, etc.

3701-3746......East Germany

4801-4897.......Low German literature

5001-5980........Dutch literature

Dutch literature

Dutch literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers...

5001-5348.......Literary history and criticism

5001-5112......General

5121-5185......Special periods

5201-5243......Poetry

5250-5295......Drama

5300-5348......Prose

(5351)-5395.....Folk literature

5398............Juvenile literature (General)

5400-5547.......Collections

5400-5409......General

5410-5414......Translations

5420-5460......Special periods

5470-5488......Poetry

5490-5515......Drama

5517-5547......Prose

5555-5881.36....Individual authors or works

5555-5595......Medieval

5600-5739......16th-18th centuries

5620-5637.....Jacob Cats

5700-5732.....Joost van den Vondel

Joost van den Vondel

Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...

5800-5880......1800-1960

5881-5881.36...1961-2000

5882-5882.36...2001-

5901-5980.......Provincial, local, foreign

6000-6466.36.....Flemish literature since 1830

6000-6199.......Literary history and criticism

(6200)-(6230)...Folk literature

6250............Juvenile literature (General)

6300-6397.......Collections

6400-6466.36....Individual authors or works

6500-6592.36.....Afrikaans literature

6500-6530.......Literary history and criticism

(6540)-6545.....Folk literature

6550-6575.......Collections

6580............Local

6590-6592.36....Individual authors or works

7001-7099........Scandinavian literature

7001-7099.......General

7001-7087......Literary history and criticism

(7088)-(7089)...Folk literature

7090-7099......Collections

7101-7338........Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian

7101-7211.......Literary history and criticism

7170-7176......Poetry

7177-7211......Prose

7181-7193.....Sagas

7195-7211.....Scientific and learned literature

7220-7262.5.....Collections

7230-7252......Poetry

7255-7262.5....Prose

7261-7262.5...Sagas

7263-7296.......Individual sagas and historical works

7298-7309.......Religious works

7312-7318.......Scientific and learned literature

7326-7338.......Individual authors or works before 1540

7351-7550........Modern Icelandic literature

7351-7418.......Literary history and criticism

(7420)-(7438)...Folk literature

7442............Juvenile literature (General)

7450-7495.......Collections

7500-7511.......Individual authors or works

7500-7501......16th-18th centuries

7510-7511......19th-20th centuries

7512-7513......21st century

7520-7550.......Provincial, local, foreign

7581-7599........Faroese literature

7581-7592.......Literary history and criticism

7593-7596.5.....Collections

7597............Local

7598-7599.......Individual authors or works

7601-8260........Danish literature

7601-7869.......Literary history and criticism

7721-7762......Special periods

7770-7794......Poetry

7800-7832......Drama

7835-7869......Prose

(7900)-7930.....Folk literature

7935............Juvenile literature (General)

7945-8046.......Collections

7975-7994......Poetry

7999-8020......Drama

8021-8046......Prose

8050-8176.36....Individual authors or works

8050...........Medieval

8060-8098.....16th-18th centuries

8070-8094.5...Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...

8100-8167.....19th century

8102-8120....Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

8145-8157....Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature.-Biography:He was born in Vesterbro, then a suburb of Copenhagen, on 14 November 1779...

8174-8175.....1900-1960

8176-8176.36...1961-2000

8177-8177.36...2001-

8205-8260......Provincial, local, foreign

8301-9155.......Norwegian literature

8301-8574......Literary history and criticism

(8420)-8456...Special periods

8460-8489.....Poetry

8500-8534.....Drama

8540-8574.....Prose

(8600)-(8637)...Folk literature

8640...........Juvenile literature (General)

8650-8733......Collections

8675-8695.....Poetry

8699-8718.....Drama

8719-8723.....Prose

8750-8951.36...Individual authors or works

8750-8775.....16th-18th centuries

8800-8942.....19th century

8851-8900....Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...

8949-8950.....1900-1960

8951-8951.36...1961-2000

8952-8952.36...2001-

9000-9094......Landsmaal or New Norwegian

9000-9019.....Literary history and criticism

9025-9055.....Collections

9064-9094.....Individual authors

9100-9155......Provincial, local, foreign

9201-9999.......Swedish literature

9201-9499......Literary history and criticism

9320-9370.....Special periods

9375-9404.....Poetry

9415-9449.....Drama

9460-9499.....Prose

(9509)-(9542)...Folk literature

9544...........Juvenile literature (General)

9547-9639......Collections

9565-9570.....Translations

9580-9599.....Poetry

9605-9625.....Drama

9626-9639.....Prose

9650-9876.36...Individual authors or works

9650-9651.....Medieval

9674-9715.....16th-18th centuries

9725-9850.....19th century

9759-9771....Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ....

9800-9817....Johan August Strindberg

9820-9838....Esaias Tegnér

Esaias Tegnér

Esaias Tegnér , was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epos Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man...

9870-9875.....1900-1960

9876-9876.36...1961-2000

9877-9877.36...2001-

9950-9999......Provincial, local, foreign

Sources

• Library of Congress Classification Outline