Publisher's Synopsis
The "Dictionary of Literary Biography" provides students with resource material concerning authors and their works, including specially written essays on individual authors and a selection of photographs and illustrations.;Aims to provide a comprehensive treatment of noted scholars of the entire range of American, British, and world literatures.;Author entries are arranged in volumes covering specific genres or eras, directing students and teachers to biographical and critical essays on individual authors, or to volumes covering a specific time period, genre or nationality.;Cumulative indexing in each volume makes it easy to locate the article on a particular author.;Entries in each volume follow a standard format, including an extensive bibliography for each writer, illustrations of important persons and places in each author's life, author portraits and photographs of books and related documents, and other material in addition to the main essay for each author. The main essay on each author provides a chronological discussion of the author's life, works, and critical reception.
