Electronic Resources

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Now available online as part of the Literature Resource Center.

The essays in Dictionary of Literary Biography outline the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres, summarizing critical response to their work and their role within literary movements. Author entries include birth/death dates, nationality/ethnicity, and portrait. A bibliography of the author's works with original dates of publication, as well as information about additional writings and published interviews, is included at the beginning of each entry. Additional biographical and critical resources on the author are also listed.

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