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Acknowledgements
A project of such proportion as CBEL is indebted to the
expertise and generosity of a large number of scholars
worldwide. My thanks go first and foremost to the
contributors to the volume, who are listed separately, and
whose professionalism and persistent desire for accuracy
and comprehensiveness was salutary. A number of special
advisers to this volume were generous with time and their
knowledge of both the subject and of individuals working
in specific areas: John Barnard, Gillian Beer, Marilyn
Butler, Brian Lake, David McKitterick and John
Sutherland. Several individuals had a major impact on
particular sections of the Bibliography. J. R. de J. Jackson
undertook the task of revising what was known previously
as the ‘Minor Poetry 1800–1835’ section, now recast and
expanded beyond recognition. Elizabeth Harrisson,
director of the Mellon Microfilming Project at Cambridge
University Library, generously shared the results of her
scrupulous and painstaking examination of texts based on
the ‘minor’ fiction sections of NCBEL, enabling us to
augment and correct existing entries before beginning the
task of adding to them. Richard Foulkes ably acted as
commissioning editor of the drama section, drawing
together a band of scholars who have revised and
significantly extended the coverage of the nineteenthcentury
theatre in this edition.
Many individuals shared their knowledge and gave assis-
tance with individual entries, among them D. Baus, Monty
Chisholm, K. Fagan, C. Hatt, Merlin Holland, Philip Horne,
Linda Hunt, Russell Jackson, Ilona Koren-Deutsch, the late
David Linton, Tony Mason, Christopher Mulvey, D. Pautz,
Marie Sanderson, the late Lillian F. Shankman, Jack
Stillinger, John Stokes, R. H. Super, Oscar Wellens, Rachel
Wilson, Duncan Wu, Bradley Young.
Bibliographical work depends on meticulous research,
and on an eye for detail. This volume is silently indebted to
the work of its excellent research assistants, Jean Elliott and
Rosemary Scott, who compiled many new entries and
revised others. Sue Lloyd and Sue Martin, of the Victorian
Studies Centre at Leicester University, were responsible for
keying in and transforming the raw data into its present
form. For ensuring consistency as well as clarity I am
indebted to the copy editor Helen Southall, and to proof
readers Caroline Burkett and Angela Warren. Many
members of Cambridge University Press have given the
project support at significant stages: Josie Dixon, Maureen
Leach, Caroline Murray, Rod Mulvey, Lin Vasey. My special
thanks go to Andrew Brown, who initiated the new edition
and directed the project from the outset, and to Caroline
Bundy, whose professionalism and enthusiasm steered this
volume to completion in its final years.
Joanne Shattock