800 - OCLC

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879800800Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoricClass here works of literature, works about literatureAfter general topics (800 809) the basic arrangement is literature by language,then literature of each language by form. More detailed instructions are given at thebeginning of Table 3Unless other instructions are given, observe the following table of preference, ,collections of drama written in poetry from more than two literatures ( ):DramaPoetryClass epigrams in verse with miscellaneous writingsFictionEssaysSpeechesLettersMisc ellaneous writingsHumor and satireClass folk literature in ; class librettos, poems, words written to be sungor recited with music in ; class interdisciplinary works on language andliterature in 400.

tongue twisters from the oral tradition, see 398.8; for riddles as a type of puzzle similar to logic puzzles, see 793.735 [.880 1–.880 9] Standard subdivisions

  Tongue, Twister, Tongue twisters