The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) lists monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, and collections of essays published anywhere in the world. Unpublished doctoral dissertations are covered for the period 1920-1999.
The bibliography consists of 78 volumes, beginning in 1920 and issued annually; a number of items published between 1892 and 1919 have been indexed retrospectively. Subject areas covered by ABELL include:
- 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 - custom, belief, narrative, song, dance, and material culture
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