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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 — Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Volume 51. ISBN 9780810317291
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers for Children since 1960, Fiction. Volume 52. ISBN 9780810317307
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers since 1960, First Series. Volume 53. ISBN 9780810317314
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets 1880 to 1945, Third Series (Part 1: A-M, Part 2: N-Z). Volume 54. ISBN 9780810317321
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Prose Writers before 1867. Volume 55. ISBN 9780810317338
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945. Volume 56. ISBN 9780810317345
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Prose Writers after 1867. Volume 57. ISBN 9780810317352
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Jacobean & Caroline Dramatists. Volume 58. ISBN 9780810317369
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1800-1850. Volume 59. ISBN 9780810317376
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers since 1960, 2nd Series. Volume 60. ISBN 9780810317383
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers for Children since 1960, Poets, Illustrators and Nonfiction Authors. Volume 61. ISBN 9780810317390
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Elizabethan Dramatists. Volume 62. ISBN 9780810317406
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern American Critics, 1920-1955. Volume 63. ISBN 9780810317413
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1850-1880. Volume 64. ISBN 9780810317420
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists, 1900-1930. Volume 65. ISBN 9780810317437
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913 (Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-Z). Volume 66. ISBN 9780810317444
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern American Critics since 1955. Volume 67. ISBN 9780810317451
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, First Series. Volume 68. ISBN 9780810317468
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Contemporary German Fiction Writers, First Series. Volume 69. ISBN 9780810317475
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919. Volume 70. ISBN 9780810317482
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1880-1900. Volume 71. ISBN 9780810317499
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists, 1930-1960. Volume 72. ISBN 9780810345508
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850. Volume 73. ISBN 9780810345515
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short Story Writers Before 1880. Volume 74. ISBN 9780810345522
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Contemporary German Fiction Writers, Second Series. Volume 75. ISBN 9780810345539

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