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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
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers for Children since 1960, Fiction. Volume 52
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers since 1960, First Series. Volume 53
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Poets 1880 to 1945, Third Series (Part 1: A-M, Part 2: N-Z). Volume 54
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Prose Writers before 1867. Volume 55
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945. Volume 56
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Victorian Prose Writers after 1867. Volume 57
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Jacobean & Caroline Dramatists. Volume 58
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1800-1850. Volume 59
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers since 1960, 2nd Series. Volume 60
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Writers for Children since 1960, Poets, Illustrators and Nonfiction Authors. Volume 61
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Elizabethan Dramatists. Volume 62
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern American Critics, 1920-1955. Volume 63
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1850-1880. Volume 64
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists, 1900-1930. Volume 65
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913 (Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-Z). Volume 66
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern American Critics since 1955. Volume 67
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, First Series. Volume 68
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Contemporary German Fiction Writers, First Series. Volume 69
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919. Volume 70
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Literary Critics & Scholars, 1880-1900. Volume 71
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists, 1930-1960. Volume 72
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850. Volume 73
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short Story Writers Before 1880. Volume 74
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Contemporary German Fiction Writers, Second Series. Volume 75

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