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Browsing for World Literature
If you are looking for the literatures of specific countries and regions, you may want to browse Knight Library's collection according to the Library of Congress classification system:
| Library of Congress Number | National Literature |
| PA |
Greek language and literature Latin language and literature |
| PB 1001 - 3029 | Celtic languages and literature |
| PE 8490 - 8499 | Celtic literature (English) |
| PG 2900 - 3698 | Russian literature |
| PJ 1481 - 1989 | Ancient Egyptian literature |
| PJ 3601 - 3971 | Ancient East Semitic literature |
| PJ 5001 - 5060 | Hebrew literature |
| PJ 7501 - 8518 | Arabic literature |
| PK 2030 - 2142 |
Hindi, Hindustani literatures |
| PK 2151 - 2212 | Urdu literature |
| PK 3591 - 4485 | Sanskrit literature |
| PK 6001 - 6996 | Iranian philology and literature |
| PK 6400 - 6599 | Persian, Iranian literatures |
| PK 8501 - 8835 | Armenian literature |
| PL 700 - 889 | Japanese literature |
| PL 950 - 998 | Korean literature |
| PL 2250 - 3208 | Chinese literature |
| PL 8000 - 8839 | African languages and literatures |
| PQ 1 - 3999 | French literatures |
| PQ 4001 - 5991 | Italian literature |
| PQ 6001 - 8899 | Spanish literatures |
| PQ 9001 - 9699 | Portuguese literature |
| PT 1 - 4897 | German literatures |
| PS 8001 - 8599 | Canadian literature |
| PR 8500 - 8697 | Scottish literature |
| PR 8700 - 8897 | Irish literature |
| PR 8900 - 8997 | Welsh literature |
| PR 9180 - 9199 | Canadian literature |
| PR 9200 - 9333 | English colonial literatures in Latin America |
| PR 9340 - 9408 | English colonial literatures in Africa |
| PR 9420 - 9570 | English colonial literatures in Asia (includes Middle East) |
| PR 9600 - 9619 | English colonial literatures in Australia |
| PR 9620 - 9680 | English colonial literatures in New Zealand |
| PT 5001 - 5980 | Dutch literature |
| PT 6000 - 6471 | Flemish literature since 1830 |
| PT 6500 - 6590 | Afrikaans literature |
| PT 7001 - 7099 | Scandinavian literature |
| PT 7101 - 7338 | Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian literature |
| PT 7351 - 7550 | Modern Icelandic literature |
| PT 7581 - 7599 | Faroese literature |
| PT 7601 - 8260 | Danish literature |
| PT 8301 - 9155 | Norwegian literature |
| PT 9201 - 9999 | Swedish literature |
For more information about the literatures of any particular region, choose the appropriate Literature Research Guide.
