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American Authors-Library Pathfinder
This guide will help you to find biographical information as well as critical analysis of the works of American Authors. If you are having difficulty find or using these resources please ask a librarian for assistance. We are here to help you be successful in your search for information.
Check the LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG for individual biographies, reference books, titles by your author and books that critique your author’s works.
SUGGESTED LIBRARY REFERENCE TITLES:
American writers: A collection of Literary Biographies. REF 920
Authors & Artist for Young Adults REF 920.03
Poetry Criticism REF 809 POE
Poetry for Students REF 809 POE
Magill’s Survey of American Literature REF 810.9 MAG
ONLINE DATABASES:
Literature Learning Center: A comprehensive resource including 3,000+ author biographies; 40 searchable full-text literature journals; full-text literary works; and other key criticism and reference sources.
Twayne’s Authors Series- View full text discussions of an author's works and a chronology of the author's life.
Contemporary Authors-A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields.
Contemporary Literary Criticism-Critical and biographical essays on authors currently living or who died after 1959.
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world’s most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Revised 12/10/08
