Articles on each author contain seven sections including a biography and an analysis of the author's most important works. A collection of essays giving substantial biographical and literary information on each American author. The authors included in this set are from all periods of American literary history. REF PS 129 .A55 v. 1-4, Supps. Each volume in this set is arranged alphabetically by author and subject.
Subjects covered are mainly in the humanities and social sciences areas.
Materials indexed include sources of criticisms of authors' works as well as sources for biographical information on authors.