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| | 025.431: The Dewey blog: November 2005 |
 | | Richard Wilbur is a United States poet, and his comprehensive number therefore begins with 811 -- where the 8 indicates the main class of Literature, the first 1 indicates the language (English) and national affiliation (American), and the second 1 indicates the literary form (poetry). |
 | | If the period when an author flourished cannot be determined, use the date of the author's earliest known separate literary publication, disregarding magazine contributions, isolated student works, and juvenilia." |
 | | From the table of periods for United States authors given under 810.1–818 Subdivisions of American literature in English, we have three choices: 1900-1945, 1945-1999, and 2000-. |
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