British literature
Here are entered works on the literature of the British Isles or Great Britain not limited to literature in one language or from one area. Works limited to literature in one language or from one area are entered under the specific heading, e.g. English literature; Scottish literature.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- British literature -- Appreciation
- Anglo-Norman literature
- Celtic literature
- Cornish literature
- English literature
- English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100
- Irish literature
- Scottish literature
- Welsh literature
- British Isles -- Literatures
- Great Britain -- Literatures
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Paintings From Books: Art and Literature in Britain, 1760-1900 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1985), by Richard D. Altick (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)
- Proofs of Genius: Collected Editions from the American Revolution to the Digital Age (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015), by Amanda A. Gailey (HTML with commentary at Digital Culture Books)
- Proofs of Genius: Collected Editions from the American Revolution to the Digital Age (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015), by Amanda A. Gailey (HTML with commentary at Digital Culture Books)
- The Profession of Authorship in America, 1800-1870: The Papers of William Charvat (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1968), by William Charvat, ed. by Matthew J. Bruccoli, contrib. by Howard Mumford Jones (PDF at Ohio State)
- Mutual Impressions: Writers from the Americas Reading One Another (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1999), by Ilan Stavans (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Acolyte (SF fan magazine, 1942-1946) (partial serial archives)
- Mimosa, ed. by Nicki Lynch and Richard W. Lynch (partial serial archives)
- The Castle in the Circle (Ball State Monograph #6; Muncie, IN: Ball State University, 1967), by Merle Fifield (PDF at bsu.edu)
- An Anglo-Norman Reader (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2018), by Jane Bliss (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Anglo-Norman Language and Literature (London: Oxford University Press, 1923), by Johan Vising (multiple formats at archive.org)
- An Anglo-Norman Reader (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2018), by Jane Bliss (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- R. Grossetete Carmina Anglo-Normannica: Robert Grossetete's Chasteau D'Amour; To Which Are Added 'La Vie de Sainte Marie Egyptienne' and an English Version of the Chasteau d'Amour (in Anglo-Norman French, and English; London: Pub. for the Caxton Society by J. R. Smith, 1852), by Robert Grosseteste, ed. by Matthew Cooke
- R. Grossetete Carmina Anglo-Normannica: Robert Grossetete's Chasteau D'Amour; To Which Are Added 'La Vie de Sainte Marie Egyptienne' and an English Version of the Chasteau d'Amour (in Anglo-Norman French, and English; London: Pub. for the Caxton Society by J. R. Smith, 1852), by Robert Grosseteste, ed. by Matthew Cooke
- The Anglo-Norman Metrical Chronicle of Geoffrey Gaimar: Printed for the First Time Entire From the Manuscript in the British Museum, With Illustrative Notes, and an Appendix Containing The Lay of Havelok, The Legend of Ernulf, and The Life of Herward (in French, with English notes; London: Pub. for the Caxton Society, 1850), by Geffrei Gaimar, ed. by Thomas Wright (multiple formats at Google)
- The Study of Celtic Literature, by Matthew Arnold
- The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg (English portions only; Welse text and related footnotes omitted), by Iolo Morganwg, ed. by John Williams
- Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry (Edinburgh: P. Geddes and the Colleagues, 1896), ed. by Elizabeth A. Sharp, contrib. by William Sharp (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Die Älteste Lyrik der Grünen Insel, aus dem Irisch-Keltischen (in German; Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1923), trans. by Julius Pokorny
- The Creation of the World, With Noah's Flood, Written in Cornish in the Year 1611 (London: Printed for J. B. Nichols, 1827), by William Jordan, ed. by Davies Gilbert, trans. by John Keigwin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Creation of the World, With Noah's Flood, Written in Cornish in the Year 1611 (London: Printed for J. B. Nichols, 1827), by William Jordan, ed. by Davies Gilbert, trans. by John Keigwin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Old Cornish Drama: With Illustrations From Ancient Cornish Sacred Poems and Miracles Plays of Other Lands (A Lecture) (London: E. Stock, 1906), by Thurstan C. Peter
- The Ancient Cornish Drama (translation of the Ordinalia plays; 2 volumes; Oxford: At the University Press, 1859), ed. by Edwin Norris
- Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity (Geneseo, NY: Open SUNY Textbooks, 2013), by Theodore L. Steinberg (multiple formats with commentary at milneopentextbooks.org)
- Yale Studies in English (partial serial archives)
- At the Sign of the Hobby Horse (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1910), by Elizabeth Bisland (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Book for a Corner: or, Selections in Prose and Verse From Authors the Best Suited to That Mode of Enjoyment; With Comments on Each, and a General Introduction (New York: Derby and Jackson, 1857), ed. by Leigh Hunt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century (1891), ed. by Henry Morley (Gutenberg text)
- Essays in Literature and History (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1906), by James Anthony Froude, contrib. by Hilaire Belloc (Gutenberg text)
- Et Cetera: A Collector's Scrap-Book (Chicago: P. Covici, 1924), ed. by Vincent Starrett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Heart Throbs, in Prose and Verse, Dear to the American People (2 volumes; New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1905-1911), ed. by Joe Mitchell Chapple
- The Oxford Treasury of English Literature (3 volumes; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1906-1908), ed. by Grace E. Hadow and W. H. Hadow
- The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America, ed. by George Pope Morris and Nathaniel Parker Willis (page images at MOA)
- This England: An Anthology From Her Writers (London et al.: Oxford University Press, 1915), ed. by Edward Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books (10 volumes; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805-1809), by Egerton Brydges (page images at HathiTrust)
- Half-Hours With the Best Authors, Including Biographical and Critical Notices (revised edition, 4 volumes; London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1866), ed. by Charles Knight, illust. by William Harvey
- Restituta: or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived (4 volumes; London: Printed by T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1816), by Egerton Brydges (page images at HathiTrust)
- World's Renowned Authors, and Their Grand Masterpieces of Poetry and Prose (Kansas City, MO: Topeka Book Co., 1902), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Land of My Fathers: A Welsh Gift Book (published on behalf of the National Fund for Welsh Troops; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915), ed. by William Lewis Jones
- The Saga Library: Done into English Out of the Icelandic (6 volumes; London: B. Quaritch, 1891-1905), ed. by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, contrib. by Snorri Sturluson
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
- all volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
- Transatlantic Romanticism: An Anthology of British, American, and Canadian Literature, 1767-1867 (c2006), ed. by Lance Newman, Joel Pace, and Chris Koenig-Woodyard (PDF at Toronto)
- Eighteenth Century Literature (New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1929), ed. by Richard Foster Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
- The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection; With Several Pieces Never Before Published (new edition, 6 volumes; London: J. Debrett, 1786), ed. by John Almon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Essays on Various Subjects, by the Author of Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, 1772), by Catherine Talbot (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Foundling Hospital for Wit (6 volumes originally published 1743-1749), ed. by Charles Hanbury-Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Transatlantic Romanticism: An Anthology of British, American, and Canadian Literature, 1767-1867 (c2006), ed. by Lance Newman, Joel Pace, and Chris Koenig-Woodyard (PDF at Toronto)
- Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians, Hopkins, Pater and Wilde (Brno: Masaryk University, 2006), by Michael Matthew Kaylor (PDF with commentary at mmkaylor.com)
- The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose (London: Emily Faithfull, 1861), ed. by Adelaide Anne Procter (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Old English Elene, Phoenix, and Physiologus (New Haven: Yale University Press; et al., 1919), ed. by Albert S. Cook, contrib. by Cynewulf (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Irish Literary Revival: A Lecture Delivered At the Request of the Catholic Young Ladies' Literary Association, by Countess of Aberdeen (page images at canadiana.org)
- The Wonders of Ireland and Other Papers on Irish Subjects (first edition, 1911), by P. W. Joyce (HTML at libraryireland.com)
- Bibliography of Irish Philology and of Printed Irish Literature (Dublin: Browne and Nolan ltd, 1913), by National Library of Ireland, ed. by R. I. Best
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