The boxes below are curated lists of reference works in Buley library.
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Backgrounds to English Literature
British and Irish literature and its times : Celtic migrations to the Reform Bill (beginnings-1830s)
Chronological outlines of English literature
The concise Cambridge history of English literature
Contemporary English literature
Great writers of the English language
Humor in British literature, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration : a reference guide
A bibliography of modern Arthuriana (1500-2000)
British and American utopian literature, 1516-1975 : an annotated bibliography
British literary bibliography, 1980-1989 : a bibliography
The Cambridge bibliography of English literature
A chronological list of prose fiction in English printed in England and other countries, 1475-1640
Early English printed books in the University library, Cambridge
English literature, 1660-1800; a bibliography of modern studies
Index of English literary manuscripts. Volume I 1450-1625
The New Cambridge bibliography of English literature
Old English literature; a select bibliography
Pre-Raphaelitism; a bibliocritical study
A reference guide for English studies
The Shorter new Cambridge bibliography of English literature
A biographical dictionary of Renaissance poets and dramatists, 1520-1650
British writers. Retrospective supplement I
British writers. Retrospective supplement VII
British writers. Supplement III, James M. Barrie to Mary Wollstonecraft
British writers. Supplement VII
British writers. Supplement VIII
Concise dictionary of British literary biography
Dictionary of English literature : being a comprehensive guide to English authors and their works
Arthurian writers : a biographical encyclopedia
British women writers : a critical reference guide
The Cambridge guide to literature in English
The Cambridge guide to women's writing in English
An encyclopedia of British women writers
Encyclopedia of British writers
Encyclopedia of British writers, 1800 to the present
Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English
A historical companion to postcolonial thought in English
Crowell's handbook of Elizabethan & Stuart literature
Major Tudor authors : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
Sixteenth-century British nondramatic writers. First series
Sixteenth-century British nondramatic writers. Second series
Sixteenth-century British nondramatic writers. Third series
Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers. Fourth Series
The age of Milton : an encyclopedia of major 17th-century British and American authors
Crowell's handbook of Elizabethan & Stuart literature
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660
English literature of the late seventeenth century
Major Tudor authors : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
British children's writers, 1914-1960
British children's writers since 1960. First series
British writers. Supplement IV
British writers. Supplement V, Ayckbourn to G. Swift
British writers. Supplement VI
Encyclopedia of British women's writing, 1900-1950
Modern British women writers : an A-to-Z guide
The Oxford companion to twentieth-century literature in English
A reader's guide to twentieth-century writers
St. James guide to young adult writers
Twentieth century British literature; a reference guide and bibliography
Anglo-Irish literature : a review of research
The Cambridge history of Irish literature
Dictionary of Irish literature
An Irish literary dictionary and glossary
Irish literary magazines : an outline history and descriptive bibliography
Irish women writers : an A-to-Z guide