Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920-1997) is a standard reference work for English studies. ABELL lists monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world. It has been printed since 1921 and is compiled under the direction of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). British, American, and Commonwealth writing are all represented, and coverage is international, including articles in languages other than English.

Subject keywords: English Language (syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics and dialectology). English Literature (poetry, prose, fiction, films, biography, travel writing, literary theory and studies of individual authors). Bibliography (manuscript studies, textual studies and the history of publishing). Traditional culture of the English-speaking world including custom, belief, narrative, song, dance and material culture.

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