Improvements are needed in older bibliographies, biographies, biographical reference works, and works on art history. B Special strength is in fiction, especially by women writers, including special collections of works by and about Edith Sitwell, Rose Macaulay, and Elizabeth Robbins. We are expanding the Hogarth Press Collection and the works from other presses of women printers. Additions such as the microfilm of Virginia Woolf manuscripts at the University of Sussex Library and critical works enhance and support the special collections. B Courses are taught at the undergraduate and occasionally at graduate level.
Emphasis is on Canadian literature, and Caribbean East Indian and African literature in English.
Relevant holdings, as indicated in various categories above, need strengthening. Some classic Western fiction and spy fiction is acquired on a very selective basis. Mysteries and science fiction are purchased very selectively to support undergraduate courses. B This field is of interest to all literary scholars. Work continues on improving the collection in relevant foreign language material.