CREATIVE WRITING: Browse in the Library

Literature and books on writing are shelved on the third floor of Armacost Library.

Since the library uses the Library of Congress classification system, these books have call numbers in the P's.

Use this map of the library to find your way.

The Library of Congress classification system reserves the call number range from P1 to PZ9999 for books on literature. Creative writing topics related to authoring or translating are part of the PNs. Different genres of literature (novels, poetry, short stories, plays) are shelved together. This section is primarily grouped by language family, then subdivided into genres and historical periods, and finally ordered by author name.

P: Linguistics

PA: Classical Greek and Latin literature

PE: Old English literature

PG: Russian literature

PJ: Near Eastern and Arabic literature

PK: Indian and Persian literature

PL: East Asian, African and Oceanic literature

PN: History and theory of prose, poetry and drama

PN100-PN241: Creative authorship and translation

PQ Spanish and French literature

PN British literature

PS American literature

PT German literature