James L. Harner

“ A bibliography of studies (from 1800 through autumn 1982) on the history, theory, and teaching of comparative literature. The entries are placed by publication date in one of two divisions: 1800–99 and 1900–82. In the first division, entries are organized alphabetically by author in three sections: general works on the theory of comparative literature; bibliographies and studies of special topics, terminology, and the relationship to other disciplines; and works on the history of comparative literature. ”

“ Entries for books usually omit subtitles; those for articles, page numbers. Users must remember that (1) coverage varies considerably from section to section (e.g., the treatment of genres, literary theory, and Asian and East European literatures is especially weak; in many sections, selection seems arbitrary) ; (2) because the classification is heavily dependent on titles, works are frequently inappropriately classified ”

“ Guides to Scholarship and Criticism Serial Bibliographies Unfortunately there is no remotely adequate serial bibliography of comparative literature. Some studies by British and Irish scholars and foreigners at British universities are listed in “Bibliography of Comparative Literature in Britain and Ireland,” Comparative Criticism: An Annual Journal 1–20 (1979–98) , a very selective list that never migrated to the Web as planned ”