Introduction / D.C. Greetham
The varieties of scholarly editing / G.T. Tanselle
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) / F.I. Andersen
The Greek New Testament / B.M. Metzger
Greek literature: antiquity to the Renaissance / M.R. Dilts
Classical Latin literature / R.J. Tarrant
Old English literature / J.R. Hall
Middle English literature / A.S.G. Edwards
English Renaissance: nondramatic literature / W. Speed Hill
English Renaissance: non-Shakespearean drama / T.H. Howard-Hill
Shakespeare / P. Werstine
Eighteenth-century English literature / J.H. Middendorf
Nineteenth-century British poetry and prose / D.H. Reiman
Nineteenth-century British fiction / P.L. Shillingsburg.
Colonial and nineteenth-century American literature / J. Myerson
Twenthieth-century American and British literature / J.L.W. West III
Old French literature / M.B. Speer
Early modern French literature / E. Campion
Italian literature / P. Cherchi
Medieval Spanish literature / A. Blecua, G. Orduna
German literature / B. Plachta
Russian literature / E. Wasinec, R. Whittaker
Arabic literature / M.G. Carter
Sanskrit literature / L. Rocher
Folk literature / J.M. Foley.