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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 — British Prose Writers of the Early Seventeenth Century. Volume 151. ISBN 9780810357129
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Novelists since World War II, Fourth Series. Volume 152. ISBN 9780810357136
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Late-Victorian and Edwardian Novelists, First Series. Volume 153. ISBN 9780810357143
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — The British Literary Book Trade, 1700-1820. Volume 154. ISBN 9780810357150
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Twentieth Century British Literary Biographers. Volume 155. ISBN 9780810357167
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Short Fiction Writers 1880-1914: The Romantic Tradition. Volume 156. ISBN 9780810357174
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Twentieth-Century Caribbean & Black African Writers, Third Series. Volume 157. ISBN 9780810393523
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Reform Writers, 1789-1832. Volume 158. ISBN 9780810393530
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Short-Fiction Writers, 1800-1880. Volume 159. ISBN 9780810393547
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Children's Writers, 1914-1960. Volume 160. ISBN 9780810393554
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Children's Writers since 1960. Volume 161. ISBN 9780810393561
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Short Fiction Writers, 1915-1945. Volume 162. ISBN 9780810393578
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Children's Writers, 1800-1880. Volume 163. ISBN 9780810393585
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660. Volume 164. ISBN 9780810393592
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets since World War II, Fourth Series. Volume 165. ISBN 9780810393608
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Travel Writers, 1837-1875: Victorian Period. Volume 166. ISBN 9780810393615
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, Third Series. Volume 167. ISBN 9780810393622
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Baroque Writers, 1661-1730. Volume 168. ISBN 9780810393639
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets since World War II, Fifth Series. Volume 169. ISBN 9780810399327
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Literary Book Trade, 1475-1700. Volume 170. ISBN 9780810399334
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Twentieth-Century American Sports Writers. Volume 171. ISBN 9780810399341
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Sixteenth Century British Nondramatic Writers, Fourth Series. Volume 172. ISBN 9780810399358
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Novelists since World War II. Volume 173. ISBN 9780810399365
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Travel Writers, 1876-1909. Volume 174. ISBN 9780810399372
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Native American Writers of the United States. Volume 175. ISBN 9780810399389

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