Spanish Resources

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Introduction to Spanish Literature

Where to Find Spanish & Spanish-American Literature & Criticism in the Library

Spanish-language literature and translations into English, as well as criticism, analysis, etc. of Spanish literature, is all located in the same general area, in the call numbers PQ6001 - PQ8929. You can locate more specific topics in the call number ranges below:

  • PQ6001 - PQ6168 - Spanish Literature: History and Criticism
    • PQ6001 - PQ6056 - General
    • PQ6056 - Moorish-Spanish Literature
    • PQ6058 - PQ6060 - Early, to 1500
    • PQ6063 - PQ6073 - Modern
    • PQ6075 - PQ6098 - Poetry
    • PQ6098.7 - PQ6129 - Drama
    • PQ6131 - PQ6153 - Prose
    • PQ6168 - Juvenile Literature (General)
  • PQ6170 - PQ6269 - Collections of Spanish Literature
  • PQ6271 - PQ6498 - Individual authors and works to 1700
  • PQ6500 - PQ6576 - Individual authors and works, 1700 - ca. 1868
  • PQ6600 - PQ6647 - Individual authors and works, 1868-1960
  • PQ6650 - PQ6676 - Individual authors and works, 1961-2000
  • PQ6700 - PQ6726 - Individual authors and works, 2001 -
     
  • PQ7000 - PQ8929 - Spanish Literature: Provincial, Local, Colonial, etc.
    • PQ7081 - PQ8560 - Spanish America
      • PQ7471 - PQ7477 - Central America
      • PQ7551 - PQ8550.436 - South America
         
  • Works by and about Mexican-American (Chicano) authors writing in English or mixed English-Spanish will be in American literature, call numbers PS1 - PS3626, including areas such as...
    • PS3550 - PS3576 - Individual authors, 1961-2000
    • PS3600 - PS3626 - Individual authors, 2001-

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