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Craig Abbott

Professor Emeritus

Bibliographical and textual studies, 20th-century American literature (especially poetry)

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Educational Background


Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin; 1973

M.A. Texas A&M University; 1966

B.A. Texas A&M University; 1964


Professional Interests



Selected Publications >

Selected Publications

  • An Introduction to Bibliographical and Textual Studies. 4th ed. (revised). With William P. Williams. New York: Modern Language Association, 2009. (Previous editions 1985, 1989, 1999.)
  • Forging Fame: The Strange Career of Scharmel Iris. DeKalb: Northern Illinois UP, 2007.
  • John Crowe Ransom: A Descriptive Bibliography. Troy: Whitston, 1999.
  • Editorial Positions

    Editor, Style (a quarterly journal in poetics and stylistics), 2005–2006.
    Associate Editor, Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography, 1976–97.
  • "Magazine Verse and Modernism: Braithwaite's Anthologies." Journal of Modern Literature 19 (1994): 151–59.
  • "Designating Color in Descriptive Bibliography: The ISCC NBS Method in Practice." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 84 (1990): 119–29
  • "Modern American Poetry: Anthologies, Classrooms, and Canons." College Literature 17 (1990): 209–21.
  • "The Case of Debbie Revisited: A Literary Perspective." Journal of Medical Humanities 10 (1989): 99–106.
  • "Displacement in a Clinical Lecture." Language and Style 22 (1989): 131–35.
  • "Untermeyer on Eliot." Journal of Modern Literature 15 (1988): 105–19.
  • "Versions of a Best-Seller: Motley's Knock on Any Door." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 81 (1987): 175–85.
  • "Publishing the New Poetry: Harriet Monroe's Anthology." Journal of Modern Literature 11 (1984): 89–108.
  • Marianne Moore: A Reference Guide. Boston: Hall, 1978.
  • Marianne Moore: A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1977.
  • "Offset Slur as Bibliographical Evidence." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 70 (1976): 538–41.
  • "A System of Bibliographical Reference Numbering." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 69 (1975): 67–74.