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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
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939. Volume 77
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short Story Writers, 1880-1910. Volume 78
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900. Volume 79
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration 18th Century Dramatists, First Series. Volume 80
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Austrian Fiction Writers, 1875-1913. Volume 81
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Chicano Writers, First Series. Volume 82
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — French Novelists since 1960. Volume 83
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration & Eighteenth Century Dramatists, Second Series. Volume 84
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Austrian Fiction Writers after 1914. Volume 85
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945, First Series. Volume 86
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Mystery & Thriller Writers since 1940, First Series. Volume 87
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, Second Series. Volume 88
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Restoration & Eighteenth Century Dramatists, Third Series. Volume 89
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers in the Age of Goethe, 1789-1832. Volume 90
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, First Series. Volume 91
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers, 1890-1920. Volume 92
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, First Series. Volume 93
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism. Volume 94
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Eighteenth-Century British Poets, First Series. Volume 95
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, Second Series. Volume 96
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm und Drang, 1720-1764. Volume 97
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern British Essayists, First Series. Volume 98
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Canadian Writers before 1890. Volume 99
		Dictionary of Literary Biography — Modern British Essayists, Second Series. Volume 100

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