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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 — Ancient Greek Authors. Volume 176. ISBN 9780810399396
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Italian Novelists since World War II, 1945-1965. Volume 177. ISBN 9780810399402
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers before World War I. Volume 178. ISBN 9780810399419
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580. Volume 179. ISBN 9780787610685
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Japanese Fiction Writers 1868-1945. Volume 180. ISBN 9780787610692
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — South Slavic Writers since World War II. Volume 181. ISBN 9780787610708
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Japanese Fiction Writers since World War II. Volume 182. ISBN 9780787610715
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Travel Writers, 1776-1864. Volume 183. ISBN 9780787610722
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Nineteenth-Century British Book Collectors & Bibliographers. Volume 184. ISBN 9780787610739
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Journalists, 1945-1995, First Series. Volume 185. ISBN 9780787611194
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — 19th Century Western American Writers. Volume 186. ISBN 9780787616823
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Book Collectors & Bibliographers, Second Series. Volume 187. ISBN 9780787618421
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Book & Magazine Illustrators to 1920. Volume 188. ISBN 9780787618438
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Travel Writers, 1850-1915. Volume 189. ISBN 9780787618445
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Reform Writers, 1832-1914. Volume 190. ISBN 9780787618452
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Novelists Between the Wars. Volume 191. ISBN 9780787618469
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Dramatists 1789-1914. Volume 192. ISBN 9780787618476
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets Since World War II, Sixth Series. Volume 193. ISBN 9780787618483
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Novelists since 1960, Second Series. Volume 194. ISBN 9780787618490
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Travel Writers, 1910-1939. Volume 195. ISBN 9780787618506
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Italian Novelists since World War II, 1965-1990. Volume 196. ISBN 9780787618513
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Late Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists, Second Series. Volume 197. ISBN 9780787618520
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Russian Literature in the Age of Pushkin and Gogol: Prose. Volume 198. ISBN 9780787618537
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Women Poets. Volume 199. ISBN 9780787618544
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Women Prose Writers to 1820. Volume 200. ISBN 9780787618551

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