The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature is an encyclopaedic bibliography of literature in English published by the Cambridge University Press.

It was first published in the 1940s, and a revised edition was issued from 1969 with the prefix New.[1]

A third series was launched in 1999, without the prefix, but by 2022 only volume 4 had appeared.

First series

  • Volume I, 600–1660, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
  • Volume II, 1660–1800, ed. F. W. Bateson (1941)
  • Volume III, 1800–1900, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
  • Volume IV, Index, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
  • Volume V, Supplement: A.D. 600–1900, ed. George Watson (1940)

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature

  • Volume 1, 600–1660, ed. George Watson (1974)
  • Volume 2, 1660–1800, ed. George Watson, Ian R. Willison, J. D. Pickles (1971)
  • Volume 3, 1800–1900, ed. George Watson (1969)
  • Volume 4, 1900–1950, ed. George Watson, Ian Willison (1972)
  • Volume 5, Index, ed. George Watson, J. D. Pickles, Ian R. Willison (1977)

Third edition

  • Volume 4, 1800–1900, ed. Joanne Shattock (1999)

Concise series

  • Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, ed. George Watson (1958)
  • Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 600–1950 ed. George Watson (1965)

Notes

  1. ↑ Joanne Shattock, "Revising the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature", Carlyle Annual No. 12 (Saint Joseph’s University Press, 1991), pp. 105-111

Further reading

  • George Watson, C.B.E.L.: the Making of the Cambridge Bibliography (Cambridge University Press, 1965)


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