DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
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810 American literature 
{ncludes Canadian English, which may be kept separate by prefixing C; e.g. C81x 
Canadian poetry 
1 Philosofy .2 Compends .3 Dictionaries .4 Essays on American literature 
§ Periodicals  .6 Societies  .7 Study and teaching .8 Collections .9 History of 
American literature 
American poetry 
.02 Dramatic .03 Romantic and epic .04 Lyric, ballads .05 Didactic 
,06 Descriptiv .07 Satiric and humorous .08 Collections ,00 History of 
American poetry 
Colonial 1607-1776 
Sandys, George 
Bradstreet, Anne 
Wigglesworth, Michael 
Green, Joseph 
Livingston, William 
Ferguson, Elizabeth 
Post-revolutionary 
Trumbull, John 
Dwight, Timothy 
Barlow, Joel 
Freneau, Philip 
Alsop, Richard 
Pierpont, John 
Dana, Richard Henry 
Sprague, Charles 
Other poets 
Middle 19th century 1830-61 
Halleck, Fitz-Greene 
Poe, Edgar Allan 
Bryant, William Cullen 
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 
Read, Thomas Buchanan 
Whittier, John Greenleaf 
Lowell, James Russell 
Whitman. Walt 
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Later 19th century 1861-1900 
Stoddard, Richard Henry 
Hayne, Paul Hamilton 
Stedman, Edmund Clarence 
Winter, William 
Miller, Cincinnatus Hiner (Joaquin) 
Taylor, Bayard 
Lanier, Sidney 
Gilder, Richard Watson 
Other 
Early 20th century 1901- 
1825-1903 
1831-86 
1833-1908 
1836-1918 
1841-1913 
1825-78 
1842-81 
1844-1009 
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