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Dictionary of Literary Biography

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This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

Dictionary of Literary Biography systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.

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		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Screenwriters, First Series. Volume 26. ISBN 9780810309173
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Poets of Great Britain & Ireland, 1945-1960. Volume 27. ISBN 9780810317055
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — 20th Century American-Jewish Fiction Writers. Volume 28. ISBN 9780810317062
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Newspaper Journalists, 1926-1950. Volume 29. ISBN 9780810317079
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Historians, 1607-1865. Volume 30. ISBN 9780810317086
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781. Volume 31. ISBN 9780810317093
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Poets Before 1850. Volume 32. ISBN 9780810317109
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955. Volume 33. ISBN 9780810317116
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Novelists, 1890-1929: Traditionalists. Volume 34. ISBN 9780810317123
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Poets after 1850. Volume 35. ISBN 9780810317130
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Novelists, 1890-1929: Modernists. Volume 36. ISBN 9780810317147
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers of the Early Republic. Volume 37. ISBN 9780810317154
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Afro-American Writers after 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers. Volume 38. ISBN 9780810317161
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Novelists 1660-1800 (Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-Z). Volume 39. ISBN 9780810317178
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Poets of Great Britain & Ireland since 1960 (Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-Z). Volume 40. ISBN 9780810317185
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Afro-American Poets since 1955. Volume 41. ISBN 9780810317192
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers for Children Before 1900. Volume 42. ISBN 9780810317208
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1872. Volume 43. ISBN 9780810317215
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Screenwriters, Second Series. Volume 44. ISBN 9780810317222
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets, 1880-1945. Volume 45. ISBN 9780810317239
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Publishing Houses, 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback. Volume 46. ISBN 9780810317246
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Historians, 1866-1912. Volume 47. ISBN 9780810317253
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets 1880 to 1945, Second Series. Volume 48. ISBN 9780810317260
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Publishing Houses 1638-1899 (Part 1: A-M, Part 2: N-Z). Volume 49. ISBN 9780810317277
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance. Volume 50. ISBN 9780810317284

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