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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, 1940-1955. Volume 76. ISBN 9780810345546
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939. Volume 77. ISBN 9780810345553
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short Story Writers, 1880-1910. Volume 78. ISBN 9780810345560
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900. Volume 79. ISBN 9780810345577
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration 18th Century Dramatists, First Series. Volume 80. ISBN 9780810345584
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Austrian Fiction Writers, 1875-1913. Volume 81. ISBN 9780810345591
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Chicano Writers, First Series. Volume 82. ISBN 9780810345607
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists since 1960. Volume 83. ISBN 9780810345614
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration & Eighteenth Century Dramatists, Second Series. Volume 84. ISBN 9780810345621
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Austrian Fiction Writers after 1914. Volume 85. ISBN 9780810345638
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945, First Series. Volume 86. ISBN 9780810345645
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery & Thriller Writers since 1940, First Series. Volume 87. ISBN 9780810345652
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, Second Series. Volume 88. ISBN 9780810345669
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration & Eighteenth Century Dramatists, Third Series. Volume 89. ISBN 9780810345676
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers in the Age of Goethe, 1789-1832. Volume 90. ISBN 9780810345683
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, First Series. Volume 91. ISBN 9780810345713
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1890-1920. Volume 92. ISBN 9780810345720
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, First Series. Volume 93. ISBN 9780810345737
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism. Volume 94. ISBN 9780810345744
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Eighteenth-Century British Poets, First Series. Volume 95. ISBN 9780810345751
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, Second Series. Volume 96. ISBN 9780810345768
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm und Drang, 1720-1764. Volume 97. ISBN 9780810345775
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern British Essayists, First Series. Volume 98. ISBN 9780810345782
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers before 1890. Volume 99. ISBN 9780810345799
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern British Essayists, Second Series. Volume 100. ISBN 9780810345805

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