Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature

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.

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)

Further reading

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