Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)

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"This volume has all the virtues of its predecessors in the DLB series: lucid, balanced writing; coverage of a wide range of authors; and a thorough primary and secondary bibliography. In addition, this volume has a particularly comprehensive and illuminating introduction."
-- ARBA 1998 (on DLB 173)

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.

While Dictionary of Literary Biography will continue to be an important reference work in print, the availability of online access extends the functionality of this rich reference resource and makes it available to smaller collections.

DLB addresses your users needs for overall indexing and subject term accessibility of this extensive series, helping them locate multiple entries for the same author within the print series or enter a subject term to find writers by a genre or topic. DLB also offers researchers many new channels to access the information they're looking for. These comprehensive search options include:

• Author name or author profile
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The custom search facilitates a variety of the most-requested searches of the DLB database. You can search a single parameter or combine several for a detailed search on a selected author. And intratext hyperlinks to other notable authors encourage the exploration and study of other authors in DLB.

DLB database contains approximately 8,000 entries covering notable American and international authors throughout history.

            DLB-001:   MYERSON, JOEL  American Renaissance in new England. Vol. 1 (1978)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0913-0

            DLB-002:   HELTERMAN J. & LAYMAN R  American Novelists Since World War II. (1978) Vol. 2  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0914-9

            DLB-003:   MYERSON, JOEL  Antebellum Writers in New York and the South. Vol. 3 (1979)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0915-7

            DLB-004:   ROOD, KAREN LANE  American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939. Vol. 4 (1980)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0916-5

            DLB-005:   GREINER, D.  American Poets Since World War II. Vol. 5 (1980). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0924-6

            DLB-005:   GREINER, D.  American Poets Since World War II. Vol. 5 (1980). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0924-6

            DLB-006:   KIBLER, J.  American Novelists Since World War II. Second Series. Vol. 6 (1980)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0908-4

            DLB-007:   MACNICHOLAS, JOHN  Twenthieth-Century American Dramatists. Vol. 7 (1981) Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0928-9

            DLB-007:   MACNICHOLAS, JOHN  Twenthieth-Century American Dramatists. Vol. 7 (1981) Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0928-9

            DLB-008:   COWART, DAVID & AL  Twentieth-Century American Science Fiction Writers. Vol 8 (1981) Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0918-1

            DLB-008:   COWART, DAVID & AL  Twentieth-Century American Science Fiction Writers. Vol 8 (1981) Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0918-1

            DLB-009:   MARTINE, J.  American Novelists, 1910-1945 Vol 9 (1981), Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0931-9

            DLB-009:   MARTINE, J.  American Novelists, 1910-1945 Vol 9 (1981), Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0931-9

            DLB-009:   MARTINE, J.  American Novelists, 1910-1945 Vol 9 (1981), Part 3.  Part 3.  Part 3.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0931-9

            DLB-010:   WEINTRAUB, STANLEY  Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945. Vol. 10 (1982). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0937-8

            DLB-010:   WEINTRAUB, STANLEY  Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945. Vol. 10 (1982). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0937-8

            DLB-011:   TRACHTEMBERG STANLEY  American Humorists, 1800-1950. Vol. II (1982). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1147-X

            DLB-011:   TRACHTEMBERG STANLEY  American Humorists, 1800-1950. Vol. II (1982). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1147-X

            DLB-012:   HARBERT, EARL & AL  American Realists and Naturalists. Vol 12 (1982)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1149-6

            DLB-013:   WEINTRAUB, STANLEY  British Dramatists Since World War II. Vol. 13 (1987). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0936-X

            DLB-013:   WEINTRAUB, STANLEY  British Dramatists Since World War II. Vol. 13 (1987). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0936-X

            DLB-014:   OLDSEY, BERNARD  British Novelists Since 1960. Vol 14 (1983), Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0927-0

            DLB-014:   OLDSEY, BERNARD  British Novelists Since 1960. Vol 14 (1983), Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0927-0

            DLB-015:   OLDSEY, BERNARD  British Novelists, 1830-1959. Vol. 15 (1983), Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group)
  ISBN: 0-8103-0938-6

            DLB-015:   OLDSEY, BERNARD  British Novelists, 1830-1959. Vol. 15 (1983), Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-0938-6

            DLB-016:   CHARTERS, ANN  Beats: Literary Bohemians in Postwar America. Vol. 16 (1983). Vol. 1.  Vol. 1.  Vol. 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1148-8

            DLB-016:   CHARTERS, ANN  Beats: Literary Bohemians in Postwar America. Vol. 16 (1983). Vol. 2.  Vol. 2.  Vol. 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1148-8

            DLB-017:   WILSON, CLYDE N.  Twentieth-Century American Historians. Vol. 17 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1144-5

            DLB-018:   NADEL, IRA B. & AL  Victorian Novelists After 1885. Vol. 18 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1143-7

            DLB-019:   STANFORD, DONALD E.  British Poets, 1880-1914. Vol. 19 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1700-1

            DLB-020:   STANFORD, DONALD E.  British Poets, 1914-1945. Vol. 20 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1702-8

            DLB-021:   NADEL, IRA B. & AL  Victorian Novelists Before 1885. Vol. 21 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1701-X

            DLB-022:   CECH, JOHN  American Writers for Children 1900-1960. Vol. 22 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1146-1

            DLB-023:   ASHLEY, PERRY J.  American Newspaper Journalists, 1873-1900. Vol.23 (1983)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1145-3

            DLB-024:   ELLIOTT, EMORY  American Colonial Writers, 1606-1734. Vol. 24 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1703-6

            DLB-025:   ASHLEY, PERRY J.  American Newspaper Journalists, 1901-1925. Vol. 25 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1704-4

            DLB-026:   MORSBERGER, ROBERT & AL  American Screenwriters. Vol. 26 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-0917-3

            DLB-027:   SHERRY, VINCENT B.  Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, 1945-1960. Vol. 27 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1705-2

            DLB-028:   WALDEN, DANIEL  Twentieth-Century American Jewish Fiction Writers. Vol. 28 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1706-0

            DLB-029:   ASHLEY, PERRY J.  American Newspaper Journalists, 1926-1950. Vol. 29 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1707-9

            DLB-030:   WILSON, CLYDE N.  American Historians, 1607-1865. Vol. 30 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1708-7

            DLB-031:   ELLIOTT, EMORY  American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781. Vol. 31 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1709-5

            DLB-032:   NADEL, IRA B.  Victorian Poets Before 1850. Vol. 32 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1710-9

            DLB-033:   HARRIS, TRUDIER & DAVIS  Afro-American Writers After 1955. Vol. 33 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1711-7

            DLB-034:   STALEY, THOMAS F.  British Novelists, 1890-1929: Traditionalists. Vol. 34 (1985)  (Gale Research Group)
ISBN: 0-8103-1712-5

            DLB-035:   NADEL, IRA B. & AL  Victorian Poets After 1850. Vol. 35 (1985)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1713-3

            DLB-036:   STALEY, THOMAS F.  British Novelists, 1890-1929: Modernists. Vol. 36 (1985)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1714-1

            DLB-037:   ELLIOTT, EMORY  American Writers of the Early Republic. Vol. 37 (1984)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1715-X

            DLB-038:   HARRIS, TRUDIER & DAVIS  Afro-American Writers After 1955: Daramatists and Prose Writers. Vol 38. (1985)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1716-8

            DLB-039:   BATTESTIN, MARTIN C.  British Novelists, 1660-1800. Vol. 39 (1985), Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1717-6

            DLB-039:   BATTESTIN, MARTIN C.  British Novelists, 1660-1800. Vol. 39 (1985), Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1717-6

            DLB-040:   SHERRY, VINCENT B.  Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Since 1960. Vol. 40 (1985), Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1718-4

            DLB-040:   SHERRY, VINCENT B.  Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Since 1960. Vol. 40 (1985), Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1718-4

            DLB-041:   HARRIS, TRUDIER & DAVIS  Afro-American Poets Since 1955. Vol. 41 (1985)  (Gale Research Group)
 ISBN: 0-8103-1719-2

            DLB-042:   ESTES, GLENN E.  American Writers for Children Before 1900. Vol. 42 (1985)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1720-6

            DLB-043:   ASHLEY, PERRY J.  American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1872. Vol.43 (1985)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1721-4

            DLB-044:   CLARK RANDALL  American Screenwriters: Second Series. Vol. 44 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1722-2

            DLB-045:   QUARTERMAIN, P.  American Poets, 1880-1945: First Series. Vol 45 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1723-0

            DLB-046:   DZWONKOSKI, PETER  American Literary Publishing Houses, 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback. Vol. 46 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1724-9

            DLB-047:   WILSON, CLYDE N.  American Historians, 1866-1912. Vol. 47 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1725-7

            DLB-048:   QUARTERMAIN, P.  American Poets, 1880-1945: Second Series. Vol 48 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1726-5

            DLB-049:   DZWONKOSKI, PETER  American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899. Vol 49 (1986). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1727-3

            DLB-049:   DZWONKOSKI, PETER  American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899. Vol 49 (1986). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1727-3

            DLB-050:   HARRIS, TRUDIER  Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance. Vol. 50. (1986)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1728-1

            DLB-051:   HARRIS, TRUDIER  Afro-American Writers From the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Vol. 51 (1987)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1729-X

            DLB-052:   ESTES, GLENN E.  American Writers for Children Since 1960: Fiction. Vol. 52 (1986)  (Gale Research Group)
ISBN: 0-8103-1730-3

            DLB-053:   NEW, WILLIAM H.  Canadian Writers Dinvr 2960: First Series. Vol. 53 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1731-1

            DLB-054:   QUARTERMAIN, P.  American Poets, 1880-1945: Third Series. Vol. 54 (1987). Part 1.  Part 1.  Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1732-X

            DLB-054:   QUARTERMAIN, P.  American Poets, 1880-1945: Third Series. Vol. 54 (1987). Part 2.  Part 2.  Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1732-X

            DLB-055:   THESING, W.  Victorian Prose Writers before 1867.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1733-8

            DLB-056:   HARDIN, J.  German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1734-6

            DLB-057:   THESING, W.  Victorian Prose Writers after 1867.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1735-4

            DLB-058:   BOWERS, FREDSON  Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists. Vol. 58 (1987)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1736-2

            DLB-059:   RATHBUN, JOHN W. & AL  American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1800-1950. Vol 59 (1986)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1737-0

            DLB-060:   NEW, WILLIAM H.  Canadian Writers Dinvr 2960: Second Series. Vol. 60 (1987)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1738-9

            DLB-061:   ESTES, GLENN E.  Am. Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illusts, and Non-Fiction Authors V61.(87)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1739-7

            DLB-062:   BOWERS, FREDSON  Elizabethan Dramatists. Vol. 62 (1987)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1740-0

            DLB-063:   JAY, GREGORY S.  Modern American Critics, 1920-1955. Vol 63 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1741-9

            DLB-064:   RATHBUN, JOHN W. & AL  American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1850-1880. Vol 64 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1742-7

            DLB-065:   BROSMNA, C.  French Novelists, 1900-1930.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1743-5

            DLB-066:   HARDIN, J.  German Fiction Writers, 1885-1914. Part 1.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1744-3

            DLB-066:   HARDIN, J.  German Fiction Writers, 1885-1914. Part 2.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1744-3

            DLB-067:   JAY, GREGORY S.  Modern American Critics Since 1955. Vol. 67 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1745-1

            DLB-068:   NEW, WILLIAM H.  Canadian Writers, 1920-1959: First Series. Vol. 68 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1746-X

            DLB-069:   ELFE, W.  Contemporary German Fiction Writers, First Series.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-1747-8

            DLB-070:   BENSTOCK, BERNARD & AL  British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919. Vol. 70 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1748-6

            DLB-071:   RATHBUN, JOHN W. & AL  American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1880-1900. Vol 71 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-1749-4

            DLB-072:   BROSMAN, C.  French Novelists, 1930-1960.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4550-1

            DLB-073:   RILEY, SAM G.  American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850. Vol. 73 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4551-X

            DLB-074:   KIMBEL BOBBY E.  American Short Story Writers Before 1880. Vol 74 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4552-8

            DLB-075:   ELFE, W.  Contemporary German Fiction Writers, Second Series.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4553-6

            DLB-076:   HARRIS, TRUDIER  Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955. Vol. 76. (1988)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4554-4

            DLB-077:   BENSTOCK, BERNARD & AL  British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939. Vol. 77 (1988)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-4555-2

            DLB-078:   KIMBEL BOBBY E.  American Short Story Writers 1880-1910. Vol 78 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4556-0

            DLB-079:   RILEY, SAM G.  American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900. Vol. 79 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4557-9

            DLB-080:   BACKSCHEIDER, PAULA R.  Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Daramatists: First Series. Vol. 80 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4558-7

            DLB-081:   HARDIN, J.  Austrian Fiction Writers, 1875-1913  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4559-5

            DLB-082:   LOMELI, FRANCISCO & AL  Chicano Writers: First Series. Vol 82. (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4560-9

            DLB-083:   BROSMAN, C.  French Novelists since 1960.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4561-7

            DLB-084:   BACKSCHEIDER, PAULA R.  Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Daramatists: Second Series. Vol. 84 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4562-5

            DLB-085:   HARDIN, J.  Austrian Fiction Writers after 1914.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4563-3

            DLB-086:   KIMBEL BOBBY E.  American Short Story Writers 1910-1945: First Series. Vol 86 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-4565-X

            DLB-087:   BENSTOCK, BERNARD & AL  British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1940: First Series. Vol. 87 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4565-X

            DLB-088:   NEW, WILLIAM H.  Canadian Writers, 1920-1959: Second Series. Vol. 88 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-4566-8

            DLB-089:   BACKSCHEIDER, PAULA R.  Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Daramatists: Third Series. Vol. 89 (1989)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4567-6

            DLB-090:   HARDIN, J.  German Writers in the Age of Goethe, 1786-1832.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4568-4

            DLB-091:   RILEY, SAM G.  American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960: First Series. Vol. 91 (1990)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-4571-4

            DLB-092:   NEW, WILLIAM H.  Canadian Writers, 1890-1920. Vol. 92 (1990)  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4572-2

            DLB-093:   GREENFIELD, JOHN  British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832: First Series. Vol. 93 (1990)  (Gale Research Group) 
ISBN: 0-8103-4573-0

            DLB-094:   HARDIN, J.  German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm & Drang to Classicism.  (Gale Research Group)
ISBN: 0-8103-4574-9

            DLB-095:   SITTER, J.  Eighteenth Century British Poets, First Series. Vol. 95.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4575-7

            DLB-096:   GREENFIELD, JOHN  British Romantic Poets 1789-1832, 2nd Series. Vol. 96.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4576-5

            DLB-097:   HARDIN, J.  German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm und Drang, 1720-1764.  (Gale Research Group)
ISBN: 0-8103-4577-3

            DLB-098:   BEUM, ROBERTY  Modern British Essayists, First Series.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4578-1

            DLB-099:   NEW, W.H.  Canadian Writers before 1890.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: 0-8103-4579-X

            DLB-100:   BEUM, ROBERT  Modern British Essayists, Second Series.  (Gale Research Group) ISBN: