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Bibliographies/Biographies - In Print
American Writers : A Collection of Literary Biographies by Call Number: URI Ref PS129 A55ISBN: 9780684312347v. 1-4 ; suppl. 1-16 ; retrospective suppl. 1-2;
The 4-vol. main set consists of 97 of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers; some have been rev. and updated. The supplements cover writers not included in the original series.
Annual bibliography of English language and literature (ABELL) by Call Number: URI Ref Z2011 .M69v.34(1959)-v.86(2011)
Classified, international bibliography of scholarship for literature in English. Includes books, articles, dissertations and some book reviews. Includes subject/author index. Lag time for publication is approximately three years.
Bibliographies/Biographies - Online
- Gale Literature Resource Center (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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- What’s included? Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes work overviews, plot summaries, and explications.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
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Within the Gale Literary Databases. Contains essays outlining the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres. Summarizes the critical response to their work.