Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
This series has many volumes on English and American writers. Lengthy entries feature lists of works, biographical data, criticism, bibliographies, and illustrations. The Yearbook and Documentary Series supplement the main series. Each volume includes a cumulative index to the entire series.
Printed sources:
Columbia Literary History of the United States
UNI Stacks PS 92 C64 1988
This overview spans the time of early Native American cave painting to the 1980s. Lengthy entries describe major writers, literary movements, and types of literature. Indexes are by author and subject.
These sources give information on living English-language writers:
Contemporary Dramatists UNI Stacks PR 737 C57 1988
Contemporary Novelists UNI Stacks PR 883 V55 1991
Contemporary Poets UNI Reference PR 603 C6 1991
A Literary History of England
UNI Stacks PR 83 B3 1967
This comprehensive history includes lengthy entries on major writers, literary movements, and types of literature. Indexes are by author and title.
