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American Authors - eBooks
American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. 2, v.

Provides coverage on the best-known American women writers spanning from colonial days to the present, including biography, criticism, and bibliography for each; also includes lesser-known writers whose work is found in journals, letters, stories, and even hymns. Entries feature an assessment of the writer's works; basic biography and complete bibliography, as well as comprehensive data on writers' names, including pseudonyms, aliases, parents' names and husbands' names, etc.

American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. 2, v.
Modern American Literature, ed. 5, v.

Provides insight into the careers of nearly 500 20th-century American writers, including black and women writers. Entries include important critical excerpts, chronologically arranged and collected from a wide variety of sources such as books, scholarly journals, general periodicals and newspapers.

Modern American Literature, ed. 5, v.
Major 21st-Century Writers, ed. , v.

Contains detailed biographical and bibliographical information on the most-studied authors at the turn of the twenty-first century. More than 1,000 fully-updated entries cover the most influential contemporary writers and their careers through 2004.

Major 21st-Century Writers, ed. , v.
Novels for Students, ed. , v. 1

Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.

Novels for Students, ed. , v. 1
Poetry for Students, ed. , v. 1

Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.

Poetry for Students, ed. , v. 1
Drama for Students, ed. , v. 1

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.

Drama for Students, ed. , v. 1
Contemporary Novelists, ed. 7, v.

Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of contemporary novelists, written by subject experts.

Contemporary Novelists, ed. 7, v.
American Authors - Databases
Biography (Gale In Context)
Biography (Gale In Context)
Biography (Gale In Context)
Biography (Gale In Context)
Book Review Index (Gale Literature)
Book Review Index (Gale Literature)
Book Review Index (Gale Literature)
Book Review Index (Gale Literature)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale Literature)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale Literature)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale Literature)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale Literature)
Literature (Gale Literature)
Literature (Gale Literature)
Literature (Gale Literature)
Literature (Gale Literature)
Subcollection (Gale eBooks)
Subcollection (Gale eBooks)
Subcollection (Gale eBooks)
Subcollection (Gale eBooks)
Literature Criticism (Gale Literature)
Literature Criticism (Gale Literature)
Literature Criticism (Gale Literature)
Literature Criticism (Gale Literature)
Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature)
Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature)
Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature)
Literature Resource Center (Gale Literature)
Something About the Author (Gale Literature)
Something About the Author (Gale Literature)
Something About the Author (Gale Literature)
Something About the Author (Gale Literature)

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List of American Authors from wikipedia.

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