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Arts & Humanities

The Maughan Library

Print books, journals and DVDs for English can be found at the Maughan Library. Discover material using Library Search and the A-Z Databases:

 Library Search

A-Z Databases

Focus on Shakespeare

Dictionaries

Collections Guide for English

Welcome to the Collections Guide for English

This guide provides tailored information on library collections and links to some of our key resources. 

Find handbooks & companions for English

Explore the literature collections of a range of scholarly handbooks and companions.

Writing periods

Theatre & performance

Newspapers

UK and international newspapers are useful for a range of subjects. Our collection provides a range of historical titles and current editions. 

Find more to read with Libby

Read for pleasure or expand your horizons with our selection of popular fiction, non-fiction and general interest titles on Libby. Choose from 
audiobooks, ebooks and magazines.

Find literature online for English

Poetry

Find print books for English

Key classmarks for English literature:Round Reading Room Maughan Library Covid QR code

  • PR1-9680 - English literature
  • PR1-56 - Literary history & criticism
  • PR161-488 - By period
  • PR500-614 - Poetry
  • PR621-744 - Drama
  • PR750-890 - Prose
  • PR911-918 - Letters

Key classmarks for Literature: 

  • PN1-16790 - Literature General
  • PN45-57 - Theory
  • PN80-99 Criticism
  • PN441-1009.5 - Literary history
  • PN1010-1525 - Poetry
  • PN1600 - 3307 - Drama
  • PN2000-3307 - Theatre
  • PN3311-3503 - Prose fiction
  • PN6130-6140 Letters

 

  • PA5000-5660 - Byzantine and modern Greek literature
  • PJ7501-8517 - Arabic literature
  • PK2030-2142 - Hindi, Hindustani literatures
  • PK2151-2212 - Urdu literature
  • PL8009.5-8014 - African literature
  • PN801-820 - Romance Literature
  • PN821-840 - Germanic Literature
  • PQ4001-5999 - Italian literature
  • PR1-9680 - English literature
  • PS1-3626 - American literature

Find journals for English

Keep up to date with your subject. Find print and ejournals via Library Search. Titles include:

Print journals are on the ground floor of the Maughan Library in rooms G.54-G.59GM.54-GM.59G.66-G.67. See our Floorplans.

Find Arts & Humanities literature online

The following eresources cover a range of disciplines:

Senate House Library

Senate House Library is a large humanities research library in Bloomsbury. 

King’s staff and students are entitled to free membership which provides
borrowing rights to print books and remote access to most eresources.

See Membership for information on signing up.