Books: Eighteenth-Century English Fiction Bibliography

Indicates items held by the WVU Libraries.

Beasley, Jerry C. A Check List of Prose Fiction Published in England, 1740-1749. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1972.
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Continues McBurney's 1700-1739 Check List.

Beasley, Jerry C. English Fiction, 1660-1800: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1978.

In two parts. Part one includes annotated lists of background sources in the history of the novel. Part two provides sources on more specific topics, including particular authors and criticism.

Bell, Inglis Freeman and Donald Baird. The English Novel, 1578-1956: A Check List of Twentieth Century Criticisms. London: Bingley, 1974.
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Bonheim, H. The English Novel Before Richardson: A Checklist of Text and Criticism to 1970. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971.
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Twenty-six pre-1740 authors are listed by works, criticism, and reprints. Includes a list of articles on subjects of interest to these writers.

Cordasco, F. Eighteenth Century Bibliographies: Handlists of Critical Studies Relating to Smollett, Richardson, Sterne, Fielding, Dibdin, 18th Century Medicine, the 18th Century Novel, Godwin, Gibbon, Young and Burke. To Which is Added John P. Anderson's Bibliography of Smollett. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970.
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Anderson's bibliography of Smollett was first published in 1887.

Dyson, A. E. The English Novel. London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
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Author-specific bibliographic essays and critical surveys through 1974.

English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972 (And Supplements). Compiled by Helen H. Palmer and Anne Jane Dyson. Hamden, Conn.: Shoestring Press, 1973.
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Updates The English Novel, 1578-1956. Includes books and articles. Supplements providing updates on current criticism are published every few years.

The English Novel: Twentieth Century Criticism. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1976-1982. Vol. 1.
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Lists articles, book chapters, and books on Defoe through Hardy (45 novelists) through 1974.

Esdaile, A. List of English Tales and Prose Romances Printed Before 1740. London: Bibliographical Society, 1912.

Provides complete title and imprint information. Locates copies in libraries and lists bibliographies that describe each work.

Hahn, H. George and Carl Behm III. The Eighteenth Century British Novel and Its Background: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Topics. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1985.
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Mayo, Robert Donald. The English Novel in Magazines, 1740-1815: With a Catalogue of 1375 Magazine Novels and Novelettes. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1962.
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Lists over 5000 works printed in serial publications. Arranged alphabetically by title.

McBurney, Willian Harlin. A Check List of English Prose Fiction, 1700-1739. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960.
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Describes each book's title, printer, bookseller, number of pages, format, price, and later editions. Locates at least one copy of the first edition.

Palmer, Helen H. and Anne Jane Dyson, Compilers. English Novel Explication: Criticisms to 1972. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1973.
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Articles and books are listed under novelist. Criticism from 1958-1972.

Raven, James. British Fiction, 1750-1770: A Chronological Check-List of Prose Fiction Printed in Britain and Ireland. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1987.

Continues McBurney's and Beasley's Checklists.