Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times.

Author/Editor
Chambers, Robert, ed.

Title
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times.

Published
Chambers, Robert, ed. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors from the Earliest to the Present Times. London: W. & R. Chambers, 1854, volume I, pp. 23-25.

Review
Prints, following Thomas Warton (1778), two passages from CA that "convey a lively impression of the author" and adds portions of two tales (no source given): "Rosiphele" IV, 1283-1328, 1430-34, and "The Travelers and the Angel," II, 291-364; glosses at bottom of page. Brief biography, with portrait.
A fourth edition (1893), edited by Robert Carruthers, titled "Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors with Specimens of Their Writings," I:22-23, prints "Two Coffers," CA V, 2273-2390, instead of "Rosiphele" and "The Travelers." [RFY1981; rev. MA]

Date
1854

Gower Subjects
Backgrounds and General Criticism
Confessio Amants
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