Newspapers (Vol. 19, p. 544), equivalent to 140 pages of this Guide, is an article in which the student will find a full account of the most fertile, if not the most studied, form of modern literature in all parts of the world. See also the chapter in this Guide For Journalists and Authors.
The reader should note that of the many articles on literary forms and rhetorical figures, only a few are given above, but they are listed more fully in the Index Volume, p. 929, where there are more than 350 such titles. He must remember also that there are more than 3,000 biographical and critical articles on authors in different languages and different periods. The following are “key” articles on national literatures:
National Literatures
English Literature, by Henry Bradley, joint-editor of the New English Dictionary; Prof. J. M. Manly, University of Chicago; Prof. Oliver Elton, University of Liverpool; Thomas Seccombe, author of The Age of Johnson.
American Literature, by G. E. Woodberry, formerly professor in Columbia University.
German Literature, by Prof. J. G. Robertson, University of London, author of History of German Literature.
| Dutch Literature | by Edmund Gosse. |
| Flemish Literature | |
| Walloons, Literature | |
| Belgium, Literature | |
| Denmark, Literature | |
| Sweden, Literature | |
| Norway, Literature |
Iceland, Literature, Classic, by Prof. Frederick York Powell of Oxford; Recent, by Sigfús Blöndal, librarian of Copenhagen University.
French Literature, by George Saintsbury.
Provençal Literature, by Paul Meyer, Director of the École des Chartes, Paris, and Prof. Hermann Oelsner, Oxford, author of a History of Provençal Literature.