To browse the library's holdings, use the Library of Congress Classification Outline as a starting point.
PN611-649 Literary History, Ancient
PN661-694 Literary History, Medieval (to 1500)
PN683-687 Literary History, Legends
PN688-691 Literary History, Poetry
PN692-693 Literary History, Prose. Prose fiction
PN695-779 Literary History, Modern
PN715-749 Literary History, Renaissance (1500-1700)
Full text of 180,000 books published from 1700 to 1799. Transitioning to a new platform. Not all Browse functions working.
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection contains more than 125,000 books and pamphlets printed in English.
From Readex. Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the 17th and 18th centuries from the bibliography by Charles Evans and Roger Bristol's Supplement.
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