MDS 809.889
Wording: Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures By or for groups of persons Not set Not set
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0 Computer science, information & general works 252,013 ℹ️ | 1 Philosophy and Psychology 270,129 🧠 | 2 Religion 681,242 🙏 | 3 Social sciences 1,328,382 👫 | 4 Language 209,883 💬 | 5 Natural sciences & mathematics 431,918 🔬 | 6 Technology 940,635 💡 | 7 Arts & recreation 1,031,850 🎨 | 8 Literature & rhetoric 1,436,736 📚 | 9 History & geography 837,760 🗺️ |
80 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 100,940 📚 | 81 American literature in English 587,090 🍁 | 82 English & Old English literatures 356,026 🏴 | 83 German & related literatures 121,338 🇩🇪 | 84 French & related literatures 84,536 🇫🇷 | 85 Italian, Romanian & related literatures 38,450 🇮🇹 | 86 Spanish, Portuguese, Galician literatures 60,869 🇪🇸 | 87 Latin & Italic literatures 8,254 📜 | 88 Classical & modern Greek literatures 14,545 🇬🇷 | 89 Literatures of other languages 64,605 🗨 |
800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric 8,406 | 801 Philosophy and theory 5,333 ☁️ | 802 Miscellany 318 | 803 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances 531 📕 | 804 [Formerly: Essays, Letters, Addresses] 297 📄 | 805 Serial publications 671 📰 | 806 Organizations and management 118 | 807 Education, research, related topics 829 🎓 | 808 Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures 58,012 🔊 | 809 History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures 26,425 |
809.0 By Period 2,071 | 809.1 Poetry 1,490 | 809.2 Drama 1,097 | 809.3 Fiction 3,379 | 809.4 Essays 201 | 809.5 Public Speaking 28 | 809.6 Letters 58 | 809.7 Comedy 222 | 809.8 By or for groups of persons 2,227 | 809.9 Literature displaying specific features, miscellaneous writings 7,187 |
809.80 5 | 809.81 4 | 809.82 2 | 809.83 7 | 809.84 | 809.85 | 809.86 3 | 809.87 1 | 809.88 249 | 809.89 1,867 |
809.880 | 809.881 | 809.882 1 | 809.883 1 | 809.884 | 809.885 | 809.886 | 809.887 | 809.888 | 809.889 244 |
809.8890 | 809.8891 2 | 809.8892 55 | 809.8893 | 809.8894 | 809.8895 8 | 809.8896 African literature 105 | 809.8897 3 | 809.8898 1 | 809.8899 3 |
Selected Works under MDS 809.889 (244)
- Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature by Adam Kirsch
- The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism by Brent Hayes Edwards
- Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World (Sexual Cultures, 53) by Zakiyyah Iman Jackson
- Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- The Essential Black Literature Guide by Roger M. Valade
- Eastern and Central Europe (Traveller's Literary Companions) by James Naughton
- The Arabic-Spanish Period by Israel Zinberg
- Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching (Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) by Barbara Stoler Miller
- Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams
- Native Literature in Canada: From the Oral Tradition to the Present by Penny Petrone
- Readings in African Popular Culture by Karin Barber
- Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Ilan Stavans
- African Women Writing Resistance: An Anthology of Contemporary Voices (Women in Africa and the Diaspora) by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
- Calligraphies of Love by Hassan Massoudy
- The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature by F. Abiola Irele
- The Shadows Within: Essays on the Modern Jewish Writers by Gershon Shaked
- What Is Jewish Literature? by Hana Wirth-Nesher
- The Struggle of Mysticism and Tradition Against Philosophical Rationalism by Israel Zinberg
- A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures by Oyekan Owomoyela
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