LibGuides: ENGL 373DH/GNDST 333DH: Housewives in American Lit.: Biography


Library Research Guides

Biographical reference works

Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete
Biographical dictionary with essays on the lives, works, and careers of literary figures from all eras and genres.

The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature by edited by Jay Parini
Call Number: MH Reference PS21 .E537 2004
ISBN: 9780195307726
Author entries include biographical information as well as lists of Further Reading that can help point you to seminal biographies of the author and critical analysis of their work.
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature by David Scott Kastan (Editor)
ISBN: 0195169212
Publication Date: 2006
Entries on authors, themes, movements, genres, institutions, etc. across the history of British Literature. There are even entries for major works. Author entries include biographical information as well as lists of Further Reading that can help point you to seminal biographies of the author and critical analysis of their work.

Book-length biography and autobiography

For more in-depth biographical information about an author, use the Five Colleges Library Catalog to do a "Subject keywords" search on the person's name and the term biography (note: this search method will also find autobiographies). If you don't find anything in the Five Colleges Catalog, you can also try WorldCat.

Five College Library Catalog
Materials held by the 5 College Libraries including print books, e-books, videos, sound recordings, and journals (which journals for which years, use Discover or another database to find a particular article).
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