The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
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The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature Edited by GEORGE WATSON Volume 1 600-1660 CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1974 CONTENTS Editor's preface page xxv List of contributors to volume i xxix Abbreviations XXXI GENERAL INTRODUCTION I. Bibliographies (i) Lists of bibliographical sources column i (2) Journals etc 1 (3) Current lists of new books 3 (4) Current lists of English studies 5 (5) Reference works 5 (6) General library catalogues 7 (7) Catalogues of manuscripts 9 (8) Periods 11 (9) English universities and provinces 15 (10) Religious bodies 19 n. Histories and anthologies (1) General histories 21 (2) General histories of Scottish literature 23 (3) General histories of Irish literature 23 (4) Histories and catalogues of literary genres 25 (5) Anthologies 29 HI. Prosody and prose rhythm (1) General histories and bibliographies 33 (2) Old English .. 33 (3) Middle English 37 (4) Chaucer to Wyatt 37 (5) Modern English 39 (6) Prose rhythm 51 IV. Language A General works 53 (1) Bibliographies 53 (2) Dictionaries 53 (3) Histories of the language, historical grammars etc 55 (4) Special studies 57 B Phonology and morphology (1) Old English 59 (2) Middle English , 75 (3) Modern English 89 CONTENTS C Syntax column in (1) General studies m (2) Old English 117 (3) Middle English 121 (4) Modern English 127 D Vocabulary and word formation 141 (1) General studies 141 (2) Special studies 141 (3) Old English 143 (4) Middle English 153 (5) Modern English 157 (6) Loan-words x 163 E Place and personal names 169 (1) Bibliographies 169 (2) Place-names 169 (3) Personal names 181 THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD {TO 1100) I. Old English Literature A General works 187 (1) Bibliographies _ 187 (2) Histories 187 (3) Anthologies 189 . (4) Studies 191 (5) Ancillary studies 197 (a) Germanic background 197 (b) history 205 (c) palaeography: Latin, insular Mss to c. 1100, English Mss after 1100, runic script 209 B Poetry 225 (1) Dictionaries 225 (2) Collections and anthologies 225 (3) Manuscript studies 227 (4) General criticism 229 (5) Individual poems and authors 237 Aldhelm, Alms-giving, Andreas, Azarias, Battle of Brunanburh, Battle of Finnsburh, Battle of Maldon, Bede's death song, Beowulf, Brussels cross, Csedmon, Caedmon's hymn, Christ, Christ and Satan, Creed, Cynewulf, Daniel, Deor, Descent into Hell, Dream of the rood, Durham, Durham proverbs, Elegies, Elene, Exhortation to Christian living, Exodus, Fates of the apostles, Fortunes of men, Fragments of psalms, Franks casket, Genesis, Gifts of men, Gloria I-II, Guthlac, Homiletic fragments I-II, Husband's message, Instructions for Christians, Judgment Day I-II, Judith, Juliana, Kentish hymn, Latin-English proverbs, Leiden riddle, Lord's prayer i-m, Maxims I-II, Menologium, Metres of Boethius, Metrical charms, Metrical epilogue to ms 41 Corpus Cambridge, Metrical epilogue to Pastoral care, Metrical preface to Gregory's Dialogues, Metrical preface to Pastoral care, Order of the world, Paris psalter, Pharaoh, Phoenix, Physiologus, Poems of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, Prayer, Precepts, vi CONTENTS Proverb from Winfrid's time, Psalm 50, Resignation, Riddles, Riming poem, Ruin, Rune poem, Ruthwell cross, Seafarer, Seasons for fasting, Solomon and Saturn, Soul and body I-II, Summons to prayer, Thureth, Vainglory, Waldere, Wanderer, Widsith, Wife's lament, Wulf and Eadwacer column 237 C Prose 311 (1) Collections and anthologies 311 (2) General criticism 313 (3) Major translators of King Alfred's reign: King Alfred, Waerferth, anonymous translators 313 (4) Major writers of the later period: iElfric, Wulfstan 317 (5) Other religious prose: Translations of the Bible, homilies, saints' lives, martyrology, apocrypha and legends, rules, penitential texts, liturgy and prayers, miscellaneous 323 (6) The Chronicle 329 (7) Laws, charters etc 331 (8) Science, medicine and magic, and folklore 333 (9) Other secular prose 335 II. Writings in Latin A General works 335 (1) Collections of sources 335 (2) Literary histories etc 337 B British Celtic writers 337 Gildas 337 Historia Britonum and Nennius 339 Hisperica famina 340 C Irish writers, first period 341 Irish hymns 341 Irish liturgical books 341 St Patrick 341 Columba or Colum-cille 341 Columbanus 342 Adamnan, abbot of Iona 342 Minor Irish Latin writers 343 Anonymous Irish Latin writings 344 D Anglo-Saxon writers, first period 343 Aldhelm 343 iEthelwald 344 The monk of Whitby 345 Felix, monk of Croyland 345 Eddius Stephanus 345 Tatwine, Archbishop of Canterbury 345 Eusebius or Hwaetberht 345 Bede 345 Bibles and prayer books 350 vii CONTENTS Anglo-Saxon writers, second period column 349 Boniface or Wynfrith 349 Aethelwulf 349 Alcuin 350 Asser, Bishop of Sherborne 352 Frithegode or Fridegodus 352 Wulfstan of Winchester 352 Irish writers, second period 351 Josephus Scottus 35i Dungal 35i Smaragdus of St Mihiel 353 Dicuil 353 Clemens Scottus 353 Malsachanus 353 Cruindmelus 354 Sedulius Scottus 354 Johannes Scotus Erigena 354 Other Irish writings 356 THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD (1100-1500) 1. Introduction (1) Bibliographies 357 (2) Historical source-material 357 (3) Manuscripts, incunabula, medieval libraries etc 369 (4) Literary history and criticism 375 (5) Collections 381 2. Middle English literature I. The Middle English romances (1) General 383 (2) Arthurian romances: the matter of Britain 389 (3) Charlemagne romances: the matter of France 415 (4) The matter of antiquity (Alexander, Troy, Thebes) 421 (5) The cycle of Godfrey of Bouillon 427 (6) The'matter of England' 429^ (7) 'Breton lays' 435 (8) Romances based on legends of the Eustace-Constance- Florence type . 441 (9) Composites of courtly romance 445 (10) 'Ancestral' romances 447 (11) Didactic legends 449 (12) Miscellaneous romances 451 vm CONTENTS n. Middle English literature to 1400 (i) Tales column 455 (2) Chronicles 459 (3) Travel 467 (4) Prophecies 473 (5) Versions of the Bible 477 (6) Sermons 481 (7) John Wyclif and Wycliflite writings 491 (8) Other religious writings 495 (9) Saints' legends 523 (10) William Langland and associated poems 533 (11) The Pearl poet 547 (12) John Gower 553 in. Geoffrey Chaucer (1) Bibliographies etc 557 (2) Collections 557 (3) Major poems 557 (4) Prose 589 (5) Minor poems 589 (6) Doubtful or suppositious works 59i (7) Sources, analogues and literary relations 597 (8) Language, style and versification 605 (9) Manuscripts, chronology and text 611 (10) Life and background 615 (11) Influence 625 IV. Education (1) Bibliographies and general studies 627 (2) Primary sources 629 (3) Secondary works 633 3. The fifteenth century I. The English Chaucerians John Lydgate 639 Thomas Hoccleve 646 Benedict Burgh 648 George Ashby 648 Henry Bradshaw / 649 George Ripley, Thomas Norton and other alchemists / 649 Osbern Bokenham 649 Stephen Hawes 650 Pseudo-Chaucerian pieces 652 IX CONTENTS II. Middle Scots poets (t) Middle Scots anthologies column 651 (2) General studies 653 James I, King of Scotland 654 Richard Holland 657 Blind Hary 657 Robert Henryson 658 William Dunbar 660 Walter Kennedy 662 Gavin Douglas 662 IH. English prose of the fifteenth century John Capgrave 663 Reginald Pecock 665 Sir John Fortescue 666 William Caxton 667 Sir Thomas Malory 674 John Bourchier, Baron Berners 678 IV. Miscellaneous and anonymous verse and prose of the fifteenth century (1) Collections and anthologies . 679 (2) Chronicles in English 681 (3) Correspondence 683 (4) Other verse 683 (5) Other prose 687 (6) Miscellaneous 695 4. Songs and ballads I. Songs and lyrics ^ (1) Bibliographies ~ 697 (2) Editions 699 (3) Studies 703 St Godric 709 Laurence Minot 710 William of Shoreham 710 William Herebert A10 II. Ballads (1) Bibliographies 711 (2) Editions 711 (3) Studies 715 CONTENTS 5. Medieval drama (1) Bibliographies column 719 (2) Histories 719 (3) Collections 721 (4) Liturgical drama 721 (5) Anglo-Norman drama 725 (6) Cornish and Welsh drama 727 (7) English mystery and miracle plays 727 (8) Spectacles and minstrelsy to 1485 739 (9) Folk drama 741 6. Writings in Latin (1) Principal collections of sources 743 (2) Bibliographies and literary histories 743 (3) Anthologies 745 (4) Secondary authorities 745 (5) Anglo-Norman period 1066-1154 751 (6) Early Plantagenet period to 1200 759 (7) Thirteenth century 767 (8) Fourteenth century 785 (9) Fifteenth century 801 THE RENAISSANCE TO THE RESTORATION (1500-1660) 1. Introduction I. General works (1) Bibliographies 807 (2) Collections 811 (3) Literary history and criticism r 813 (4) General background ^ 823 II. Literary relations with the Continent (1) General 833 (2) European literature in general 835 (3) Foreign influences on English literature 837 (4) International Latin ^\ 841 (5) French 859 (6) German 875 (7) Italian 883 (8) Spanish 903 (9) Dutch etc 917 (10) Scandinavian 919 (11) Russian 921 (12) Hungarian 923 (13) Other countries 923 xi CONTENTS m. Book production and distribution Bibliography column 925 A General bibliography 925 B Evidence and methods 927 II The accessory crafts C Parchment and paper: the making and importation of paper 927 D Writing and the manuscript book 929 E Bookbinding 935 F The illustration of books 939 III Printing and bookselling G The history and practice of printing 941 H Publication, distribution and bookselling 95i I Printers and booksellers 955 J London printers and booksellers 959 K Printing and bookselling in the provinces 965 L Scottish printing and bookselling 967 M Irish printing and bookselling 969 N Welsh printing and bookselling 969 0 English printing abroad 969 P The overseas book trade 971 Q_ The regulation of the book trade 971 R Authorship and copyright 975 S Lists of books and trade catalogues: general 977 T Other lists 981 U Libraries 985 V Book collectors and collecting 995 2. Poetry I. Introduction (1) Bibliographies 1007 (2) Miscellanies and representative ballad-collections 1007 (3) General studies ^^ 1013 II. Tudor poetry John Skelton 1015 Alexander Barclay 1019 Sir Thomas Wyatt 1020 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 1023 A mirror for magistrates 1024 George Gascoigne 1025 Nicholas Breton 1027 Edmund Spenser 1029 Sir Philip Sidney 1047 Xll CONTENTS Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke column 1057 Robert Southwell 1059 Samuel Daniel 1061 Michael Drayton 1065 Thomas Campion 1069 Sir John Davies 1071 III.