Concise dictionary of American literary biography.
Publisher: Gale Research Co.
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; American literature -- 20th century -- Dictionaries.
Other titles: Concise dictionary of American literary biography supplement
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
Table of contents: title: [1] Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865; title: [2] Realism, naturalism, and local color, 1865-1917; title: [3] The Twenties, 1917-1929; title: [5] The new consciousness, 1941-1968; title: [6] Broadening views, 1968-1988; title: [7] Modern writers, 1900-1998.