Gale Catalog - Dictionary of Literary Biography

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Published by Gale

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.

For a listing of Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes sorted by genre click here.

"It is hands-down the best overall literary reference work ever published, a proverbial diamond as big as the Ritz..."
-- Library Journal (June 15, 2006)
To see the full review click here.

See more reviews >>


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

About Gale

Title List Changes

New Titles

Outside U.S. and Canada

Press Room

Customer Center

Product Center

Dictionary of Literary Biography