Literary criticism books (as well as literary works other than novels/short storie and literature not in English) are shelved in non-fiction.
Browsing: Dewey Decimal numbers for general history/criticism:
800s = literature (head to the silent room; 800s are to the right)
- 809: Literary history and criticsm
- 810.9: American literature in English -- history and criticism
- 820.9: English literature -- history and criticism
- 830.9: German & related literatures -- history and criticism
- 840.9: French & related literatures -- history and criticism
- 850.9: Italian and Romanian & related literatures -- history and criticism
- 860.9: Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and related literatures -- history and criticism
- 870.9: Latin & Italic literature -- history and criticism
- 880.9: Classical and Modern Greek literature -- history and criticism
- All other languages crammed into the 890s!
- 890 Literatures of other specific languages and language families
- 891 East Indo-European & Celtic literatures
- 892 Afro-Asiatic literatures
- 893 Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic literatures
- 894 Literatures of Altaic, Uralic, Hyperborean, Dravidian languages; literatures of miscellaneous languages of Southeast Asia
- 895 Literatures of East & Southeast Asia
- 896 African literatures
- 897 Literatures of North American native languages
- 898 Literatures of South American native languages
- 899 Literatures of non-Austronesian languages of Oceania, of Austronesian languages, of miscellaneous languages
Browsing: History/criticism of specific authors and/or works
Find the call number for the author or work that you are researching, then browse for call numbers ending in y.
- 840s = French literature
- 843.914 C159 = Camus
- 843.914 C159y__ = Camus, criticism
