BISAC Subject Headings List, Literary Criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM
Works of literary criticism should be assigned subjects in this section only and not assigned subjects in sections designed for works written in a specific literary form (e.g., DRAMA). Criticism of drama, poetry, or children's literature should be assigned "LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama", "LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry" or "LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature", respectively, along with any other subjects needed in this section. Criticism of certain genres of fiction is also represented.| LIT000000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
| LIT004010 | LITERARY CRITICISM / African |
| LIT004020 | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General |
| LIT004040 | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American |
| LIT004030 | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American |
| LIT004050 | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic American |
| LIT004190 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical |
| LIT008000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General |
| LIT008010 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese |
| LIT008020 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic |
| LIT008030 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese |
| LIT004070 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Australian & Oceanian |
| LIT007000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading |
| LIT004080 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian |
| LIT004100 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Central American & South American see Caribbean & Latin American | |
| LIT009000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Classical see Ancient & Classical | |
| LIT017000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels |
| LIT020000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature * |
| LIT013000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama |
| LIT004130 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General |
| LIT004110 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern (see also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| LIT004120 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh / Shakespeare see Shakespeare | |
| LIT004150 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French |
| LIT004170 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German |
| LIT004200 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian |
| LIT004250 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian |
| LIT004280 | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Fantasy see Science Fiction & Fantasy | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Far Eastern see headings under Asian | |
| LIT003000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist |
| LIT004160 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian |
| LIT004180 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance |
| LIT021000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural * |
| LIT016000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor |
| LIT004210 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish |
| LIT011000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval |
| LIT004220 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern |
| LIT004230 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective |
| LIT004060 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Oceanian see Australian & Oceanian | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Oriental see headings under Asian | |
| LIT014000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry |
| LIT012000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference |
| LIT019000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance |
| LIT004240 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| LIT004260 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| LIT006000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory |
| LIT015000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare |
| LIT018000 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / South & Southeast Asian see headings under Asian | |
| LITERARY CRITICISM / Theory see Semiotics & Theory | |
| LIT004290 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors |
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.