UWM Libraries Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed., 2003--Section II, Subject Collections, English

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

ENGLISH

Academic Program

Undergraduate major and minor, M.A., and Ph.D. Also offered is a coordinated degree program with the School of Information Studies, leading to a Master of Arts in Language and Literature/Master of Information Science. Graduate study is concentrated on: literary studies, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, English language and linguistics, or modern studies.

Emphases include literature in English from all periods, in Britain, Ireland, and the U.S.; genre studies including fiction, poetry, and drama; the essay and other nonfiction writing; editing; film, television, and theories of mass culture; literature and society, science and religion; critical theory; and literacy theory.

Collection Level

Research.

Collection Profile

The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for English:

PE (English Language): Modern English. Selectively collected categories: Philology; Anglo-Saxon; Middle English; Early modern English.

PN (Literature: General and Universal Literary History): General. Theory; Study and teaching; Criticism. Research; Authorship; Literary history; Poetry. Poetics; Prose. Fiction. Selectively collected category: Diaries. Correspondence. Essays.

PR (English Literature): General. History; Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle English; English renaissance � 19th century; 1900-1960; 1961-. Selectively collected categories: Collections; Anglo-Saxon literature; Provincial, local, colonial, etc. (Canada).

PS (American Literature): General. History; 19th century; 1900-1960; 1961-. Selectively collected categories: Collections; Colonial period.

T (Technology (general)): Communication of technical information; Technical writing.

Languages

Predominantly English.

Related Subject Collections

Africology, American Indian Studies, Art History, Classics, Communication, Comparative Literature, Film, French, German, History, Italian, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Linguistics, Slavic Languages, Spanish & Portuguese, Theatre & Dance, and Women's Studies.

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS ENGLISH
Academic Program
	Undergraduate major and minor, M.A., and Ph.D. Also offered is a coordinated degree program with the School of Information Studies, leading to a Master of Arts in Language and Literature/Master of Information Science. Graduate study is concentrated on: literary studies, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, English language and linguistics, or modern studies. Emphases include literature in English from all periods, in Britain, Ireland, and the U.S.; genre studies including fiction, poetry, and drama; the essay and other nonfiction writing; editing; film, television, and theories of mass culture; literature and society, science and religion; critical theory; and literacy theory.
Collection Level
	Research.
Collection Profile The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for English: PE (English Language): Modern English. Selectively collected categories: Philology; Anglo-Saxon; Middle English; Early modern English. PN (Literature: General and Universal Literary History): General. Theory; Study and teaching; Criticism. Research; Authorship; Literary history; Poetry. Poetics; Prose. Fiction. Selectively collected category: Diaries. Correspondence. Essays. PR (English Literature): General. History; Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle English; English renaissance � 19th century; 1900-1960; 1961-. Selectively collected categories: Collections; Anglo-Saxon literature; Provincial, local, colonial, etc. (Canada). PS (American Literature): General. History; 19th century; 1900-1960; 1961-. Selectively collected categories: Collections; Colonial period. T (Technology (general)): Communication of technical information; Technical writing.
Languages
	Predominantly English.
Related Subject Collections
	Africology, American Indian Studies, Art History, Classics, Communication, Comparative Literature, Film, French, German, History, Italian, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Linguistics, Slavic Languages, Spanish & Portuguese, Theatre & Dance, and Women's Studies.