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ABELL: The Annual Bibliography of
English Language & Literature

 

ABELL is widely regarded as one of the most important bibliographical sources for English studies, and an indispensable tool for scholars in this field.

The first volume -- reporting items published in 1920 -- was published in 1921, and the most recent volume covers the report year 2008.

The volumes are compiled by a worldwide team of volunteer contributors, and edited by teams based both in Cambridge, England, and in Massachusetts, USA.

 

Latest Volume

Vol. 83 (reporting material published in the year 2008) was published in October 2009 and is available in print (ISBN 978-1-906540-84-5; ISSN 0066-3786) from Maney Publishing and online from Chadwyck-Healey Ltd.

 

Scope

The Bibliography aims to list annually all scholarly articles, books and reviews concerning English language and literature and related topics published anywhere in the world, and in any language. (Education and pedagogical subjects, and the medical application of linguistics, are excluded.)

The list of subjects covered includes: Drama; Poetry; Fiction; Biography; Literary Theory; Film; Bibliography; Traditional Culture; Onomastics; Lexicography; Dialectology.

 

Format

Annual printed volumes appear each autumn and are published on behalf of the MHRA by Maney Publishing.

A cumulative database version of ABELL is also available online from Chadwyck-Healey, both in its own right, and as a part of the Literature Online service which includes links from the bibliographic records to the full text of the articles or reviews wherever possible. The Editors supply monthly updates for this service and the database now includes more than 900,000 records.

 

Contributions

Notification of items for inclusion in ABELL, and correspondence about such matters should be sent to:

The Editor,
ABELL,
University Library,
West Road,
Cambridge CB3 9DR,
UK

whom you should also contact if you would like to volunteer to act as a field contributor to the Bibliography.

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