The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
This is the standard primary bibliography of English literature. The third edition, of which Volume 4, 1800-1900, is the first to be published, presents a comprehensive revision and updating of the two previous editions. It offers authoritative individual bibliographies, compiled by specialists of international reputation, of writers in all genres--poetry, fiction, drama and the novel--together with sections compiled by specialists on children's literature, historical and travel writing, philosophy and science, political economy, the literature of sports, education, journalism, book production and literary relations with the continent.
- Sales of the first edition exceeded 1,500 per volume; sales of the second edition exceeded 6,500 per volume
- All genres covered
- The third edition (CBEL3) offers a comprehensive revision and updating of the second edition with an expanded list of hundreds of new writers
- Comprehensive primary bibliographies as well as secondary bibliographies to 1920
- Extensive coverage of Romantic writers
- Entries from over 200 distinguished international contributors
Reviews & endorsements
"Going by sheer power to shape the study of English literature, the single most important volume this year is the third edition of volume four (1800-1900) of the indispensable Bibiliography of English Literature, edited by Joanne Shattock." Studies in English Liteatrue
"CBEL3 is generously wide-ranging." John Sutherland, Times Literary Supplement
"Shattock's aims are most admirable. Recommended." Choice
Product details
- Published: March 2000
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780521391009
- Length: 1536 pages
- Dimensions: 270 × 214 × 97 mm
- Weight: 2.865kg
- Availability: Available