Caption and licensing

The cover image is a 2015 photograph, taken by the editor, of Merton College Library at Oxford University, which was built in 1373 and is “the oldest continuously functioning library for university academics and students in the world.”

This collection of British literature, A Survey of British Literature from the Eighteenth Century to the Twentieth (2024, rev. 2025), was edited by Jenny C. Bledsoe (Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow). Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License. All texts within the collection are in the public domain.

This project was supported by an Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education FY24 Open Educational Resources Faculty Incentive Award.