MDS 821.0708
Wording: Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English Poetry English poetry {by more than one author} Humorous and satirical poetry Not set Collections of literary texts
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0 Computer science, information & general works 252,013 âšī¸ | 1 Philosophy & psychology 270,129 🧠 | 2 Religion 681,242 đ | 3 Society, government, & culture 1,328,382 đĢ | 4 Language 209,883 đŦ | 5 Natural sciences & mathematics 431,918 đŦ | 6 Applied science & technology 940,635 đĄ | 7 Arts & recreation 1,031,850 đ¨ | 8 Literature & rhetoric 1,436,736 đ | 9 History & geography 837,760 đēī¸ |
80 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 100,940 đ | 81 American literature in English 587,090 đ | 82 English & Old English literatures 356,026 🏴 | 83 German & related literatures 121,338 đŠđĒ | 84 French Literature 84,536 đĢđˇ | 85 Italian, Romanian & related literatures 38,450 đŽđš | 86 Spanish Literature 60,869 đĒđ¸ | 87 Latin & Italic literatures 8,254 đ | 88 Classical & modern Greek literatures 14,545 đŦđˇ | 89 Literatures of other languages 64,605 đ¨ |
820 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures 18,089 📚 | 821 English Poetry 42,809 🪶 | 822 English drama 24,113 đ | 823 English fiction 253,684 đ | 824 English essays 2,434 đ | 825 English speeches 213 đŦ | 826 English letters 362 âī¸ | 827 English humor and satire 1,189 đ | 828 English miscellaneous writings 10,312 đ | 829 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literature 2,821 đ |
821.0 English poetry {by more than one author} 4,601 🧑🧑🧒🧒 | 821.1 1066-1400 Early English period, medieval period 1,954 đ | 821.2 1400-1558 664 đē | 821.3 1558-1625 2,702 đ | 821.4 1625-1702 1,938 đ | 821.5 1702-1745 Queen Anne period, 18th. century 511 đ¤ | 821.6 1745-1799 755 âĒī¸ | 821.7 1800-1837, romantic period 3,385 🌹 | 821.8 1837-1899 3,187 đ | 821.9 1900- 17,835 🛻 |
821.00 Modified standard subdivisions 3,354 🗃️ | 821.01 9 | 821.02 Dramatic poetry 11 | 821.03 Narrative poetry 90 | 821.04 Lyric and balladic poetry 327 | 821.05 Didactic poetry 19 | 821.06 [Descriptive] 2 | 821.07 Humorous and satirical poetry 163 | 821.08 [Collections of English poetry not limited by time period or kind of form now in 821.008] 521 | 821.09 [History, description, critical appraisal of poetry not limited by time period or kind of form now in 821.009] 92 |
821.070 48 | 821.071 | 821.072 | 821.073 | 821.074 | 821.075 Limericks 16 đ | 821.076 1 | 821.077 | 821.078 | 821.079 |
821.0700 | 821.0701 | 821.0702 | 821.0703 | 821.0704 | 821.0705 | 821.0706 | 821.0707 | 821.0708 Collections of literary texts 44 | 821.0709 History, description, critical appraisal 4 |
821.07080 6 | 821.07081 | 821.07082 | 821.07083 | 821.07084 | 821.07085 | 821.07086 | 821.07087 | 821.07088 | 821.07089 Humorous and satirical poetry for and by groups of people with specific attributes, residents of specific areas 5 |
Selected Works under MDS 821.0708 (44)
- The Oxford Book of Light Verse by W. H. Auden
- The Oxford Book of Comic Verse by John Gross
- The Folio Book of Humorous Verse by Edward Leeson
- More Comic & Curious Verse by J. M. Cohen
- The Origins of English Nonsense by Noel Malcolm
- Yet more comic and curious verse by John Michael Cohen
- I Never Saw a Purple Cow and Other Nonsense Rhymes by Emma Chichester Clark
- The Penguin Book of Light Verse by Gavin Ewart
- Classic Nonsense Verse (Penguin Children's 60s S) by Quentin Blake
- My First Oxford Book of Nonsense Poems by John Foster
- The Orchard Book of Funny Poems by Wendy Cope
- The Kingfisher Book of Funny Poems by Roger McGough
- A Catalogue of Comic Verse (Knight Books) by Rolf Harris
- The Book of Comic & Dramatic Monologues by Michael Marshall
- Comic Poems on the Underground by Gerard Benson
- Ha Ha:Poems To Make You Laugh! by Paul Cookson
- How You Doing? A Selection of New Zealand Comic and Satiric Verse by Harry Ricketts
- Puzzling Poems to Drive You Crazy by Susie Gibbs
- Funny Poems to Give You the Giggles by Susie Gibbs
- The New Puffin Book of Funny Verse (Puffin poetry) by Kit Wright
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