PT 1-4897 German literature
PT 1-80 Literary history and criticism
PT 83-(873) History of German literature
PT 175-230 Medieval
PT 236-405 Modern
PT 500-597 Poetry
PT 605-709 Drama
PT 711-871 Prose
PT (881)-(951) Folk literature
PT 923-937 Faust legend
PT 1100-1479 Collections
PT 1100-1141 General
PT 1151-1241 Poetry
PT 1251-1299 Drama
PT 1301-1360 Prose
PT 1371-(1374) Early to 1950. Old & Middle High German
PT 1375-1479 Middle High German
PT 1501-2688 Individual authors or works
PT 1501-1695 Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500
PT 1701-1797 1500-ca. 1700
PT 1799-2592 1700-ca. 1860/70
PT 1891-2239 Goethe
PT 1891-2017 Works
PT 2026-(2039) Translations
PT (2044)-2239 Biography and criticism
PT 2600-2653 1860/70-1960
PT 2660-2688 1961-2000
PT 2700-2728 2001-
PT 3701-3971 Provincial, local, colonial, etc.
PT 3701-3746 East Germany
PT 4801-4897 Low German literature
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