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Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Description
Contains biographical sketches of writers who either began writing novels after 1945 or have done their most important work since then. Extended biographical and critical essays are given for authors who are generally regarded as major forces in contemporary literature, while less elaborate entries are given for other authors based on the author's influence and size of published body of work.
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Description
Contains biographical sketches of authors who wrote or began publishing their major works during the American Renaissance in New England (between 1830 and 1860). Wide scope of authors includes: novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, translators, compilers, journalists, reformers, abolitionists, scientists, lexicographers; special attention is given to the Transcendental authors - headed by Emerson and Thoreau.
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
Contains biographical sketches of authors who wrote or began writing their major works during the period 1820 to 1860. Represented are writers of short stories, juvenile literature, sermons, and popular literature, as well as novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, translators, compilers, journalists, reformers, historians, abolitionists, and scientists.
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
Contains biographical sketches of the writers, journalists, editors, and publishers who went to France between the two World Wars. Entries concentrate on the writers' years in France. Primary emphasis is on works written of published in France and those works influenced by the writers' years on the Continent.
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Description
Represents the diversity and productivity of American drama since 1900. The careers of playwrights whose works achieved notable popularity as well as critical success are presented in some detail. Emphasis is placed on biography and a synthesis of the critical reception of authors' works.
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Contains biographical sketches of American humorists who are generally considered to have had a major impact on our attitudes toward and understanding of humor and on the development of the form through the production of a significant body of work. Only literary figures were considered for inclusion, criterion was based on whether the author's work was primarily humorous or whether there was a significant body of humorous writing.
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the lives and careers of journalists representing American newspaper journalism during the three decade period when the United States was rapidly moving from an agrarian to an industrial society - a movement which brought demands for social, political, and economic reforms.
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Formats
Description
Representative and comprehensive view of the range or writers and writer-artists who played vital roles in creating "Childhood's Golden Era." Also includes entries on writers and individuals who have significantly influenced the writing and art of others for children.
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