This guide to the Dictionary of Literary Biography is structured to provide a categorical overview of the 220 volumes of the DLB, arranging them by nationality, by literary form or genre within a national literature, and by period within a literary form or genre. The literary forms, genres, and periods are those defined by the DLB.
  • Click on a national literature at the right to see the DLB volume titles for that national literature arranged by literary genre or period, and listed chronologically within each genre. (For each DLB title, the volume number and year of publication are provided in parentheses following the title.)

  • Of the 220 DLB volumes published as of April 2000, 162 (74%) are devoted to American and British writers or publishing.

  • In addition to its volumes on traditional literary authors such as novelists, poets, and dramatists, the DLB includes volumes on historians, literary biographers, literary critics and scholars, screenwriters, sportswriters, and newspaper and magazine journalists. It also covers the book trade in America and Britain, with volumes on publishing houses, book collectors, and bibliographers.

  • The DLB also publishes two supplementary series: the Documentary Series and Yearbooks.
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Afro -AmericanWriters
Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance (50/1986)
Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 (51/1987)
Afro-American Fiction Writers 1940-1955 (76/1988)
Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955 (33/1984)
Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers (38/1985)
Afro-American Poets Since 1955 (41/1985)

Antebellum Writers

Antebellum Writers in New York and the South (3/1979)

Bohemian Writers

The Beats: Literary Bohemians in Post-War America, 2 parts (16/1983)

Book Collectors and Bibliographers

American Book-Collectors and Bibliographers, First Series (140/1994)
American Book-Collectors and Bibliographers, Second Series (187/1997)

Chicano Writers

Chicano Writers, First Series (82/1989)
Chicano Writers, Second Series (122/1992)
Chicano Writers, Third Series (209/1999)

Children's Writers

American Writers for Children Before 1900 (42/1985)
American Writers for Children, 1900-1960 (22/1983)
American Writers for Children Since 1960: Fiction (52/1986)
American Writers for Children Since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Non-Fiction Authors (61/1987)

Colonial Writers

American Colonial Writers, 1606-1734 (24/1984)
American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781 (31/1984)
American Writers of the Early Republic (37/1985)

Dramatists

Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, 2 parts (7/1981)
Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Second Series (228/2000)
Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers (38/1985)

Expatriate Writers

American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939 (4/1980)

FictionWriters

Ninetenth-Century American Fiction Writers (202/1999)
Twentieth-Century American-Jewish Fiction Writers (28/1984)

Historians

American Historians, 1607-1865 (30/1984)
American Historians, 1866-1912 (47/1986)
Twentieth-Century American Historians (17/1983)

Humorists

American Humorists, 1800-1950, 2 parts (11/1982)

Illustrators

American Book and Magazine Illustrators to 1920 (188/1998)

Literary Biographers

American Literary Biographers, First Series (103/1991)
American Literary Biographers, Second Series (111/1991)

Literary Critics and Scholars

American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1800-1850 (59/1987)
American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1850-1880 (64/1988)
American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1880-1900 (71/1988)
Modern American Critics, 1920-1955 (63/1988)
Modern American Critics Since 1955 (67/1988)

Literary Journalists

American Literary Journalists, 1945-1995, First Series (185/1997)

Magazine Journalists

American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850 (73/1988)
American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900 (79/1988)
American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, First Series (91/1990)
American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, Second Series (137/1994)

Native American Writers

Native American Writers of the United States (175/1997)

New England Writers

The American Renaissance in New England (1/1978)
The American Renaissance in New England, Second Series (223/2000)

Newspaper Journalists

American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1872 (43/1986)
American Newspaper Journalists, 1873-1900 (23/1983)
American Newspaper Journalists, 1901-1925 (25/1984)
American Newspaper Journalists, 1926-1950 (29/1984)

Newspaper Publishers

American Newspaper Publishers, 1950-1990 (127/1993)

Novelists

American Novelists, 1910-1945, 3 parts (9/1981)
American Novelists Since World War II (2/1978)
American Novelists Since World War II, Second Series (6/1980)
American Novelists Since World War II, Third Series (143/1994)
American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series (152/1995)
American Novelists Since World War II, Fifth Series (173/1996)
American Novelists Since World War II, Sixth Series (227/2000)
Ernest Hemingway--A Documentary Volume (210/1999)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby--A Documentary Volume (219/2000)

Poets

American Poets, 1880-1945, First Series (45/1986)
American Poets, 1880-1945, Second Series (48/1986)
American Poets, 1880-1945, Third Series (54/1987)
American Poets Since World War II, 2 parts (5/1980)
American Poets Since World War II, Second Series (105/1991)
American Poets Since World War II, Third Series (120/1992)
American Poets Since World War II, Fourth Series (165/1996)
American Poets Since World War II, Fifth Series (169/1996)
American Poets Since World War II, Sixth Series (193/1998)
Afro-American Poets Since 1955 (41/1985)

Prose Writers

American Women Prose Writers to 1820 (200/1998)
American Women Prose Writers, 1870-1920 (221/2000)

Publishing Houses

American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899, 2 parts (49/1986)
American Literary Publishing Houses, 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback (46/1986)
The House of Scribner, 1846-1904 (Documentary Series, 1996)
The House of Scribner, 1905-1930 (Documentary Series, 1997)

Realists and Naturalists

American Realists and Naturalists (12/1982)

Science Fiction Writers

Twentieth-Century American Science-Fiction Writers, 2 parts (8/1981)

Screenwriters

American Screenwriters (26/1984)
American Screenwriters, Second Series (44/1986)

Short Story Writers

American Short-Story Writers Before 1880 (74/1988)
American Short-Story Writers, 1880-1910 (78/1988)
American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945, First Series (86/1988)
American Short-Story Writers, 1910-1945, Second Series (102/1991)
American Short-Story Writers Since World War II (130/1993)
American Short-Story Writers Since World War II, Second Series (218/2000)

Sportswriters

Twentieth-Century American Sportswriters (171/1996)

Travel Writers

American Travel Writers 1776-1864 (183/1997)
American Travel Writers 1850-1915 (189/1998)

Western Writers

Nineteenth-Century American Western Writers (186/1997)
Twentieth-Century American Western Writers, First Series (206/1999)
Twentieth-Century American Western Writers, Second Series (212/1999)


Book Trade
The British Literary Book Trade, 1475-1700 (170/1996)
The British Literary Book Trade, 1700-1820 (154/1995)
Pre-Nineteenth-Century British Book-Collectors and Bibliographers (213/1999)
Nineteenth-Century British Book-Collectors and Bibliographers (184/1997)
Twentieth-Century British Book-Collectors and Bibliographers (201/1999)

Children's Writers

British Children's Writers, 1800-1880 (163/1996)
British Children's Writers, 1880-1914 (141/1994)
British Children's Writers, 1914-1960 (160/1996)
British Children's Writers Since 1960, First Series (161/1996)

Dramatists

Elizabethan Dramatists (62/1987)
Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists (58/1987)
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists, First Series (80/1989)
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists, Second Series (84/1989)
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Dramatists, Third Series (89/1989)
Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945, 2 parts (10/1982)
British Dramatists Since World War II, 2 parts (13/1982)

Essayists

Modern British Essayists, First Series (98/1990)
Modern British Essayists, Second Series (100/1990)

Literary Biographers

Eighteenth-Century British Literary Biographers (142/1994)
Nineteenth-Century British Literary Biographers (144/1994)
Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century British Literary Biographers (149/1995)
Twentieth-Century British Literary Biographers (155/1995)

Miscellaneous Literature

Old and Middle English Literature (146/1994)

Mystery Writers

British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919 (70/1988)
British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939 (77/1988)
British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1940, First Series (87/1989)

Non - Dramatic Writers

Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, First Series (132/1993)
Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, Second Series (136/1994)
Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, Third Series (167/1996)
Sixteenth-Century British Nondramatic Writers, Fourth Series (172/1996)

Novelists

British Novelists 1660-1800, 2 parts (39/1985)
British Romantic Novelists, 1789-1832 (116/1992)
Victorian Novelists Before 1885 (21/1983)
Victorian Novelists After 1885 (18/1983)
Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists, First Series (153/1995)
Late-Victorian and Edwardian British Novelists, Second Series (197/1998)
British Novelists, 1890-1929: Traditionalists (34/1985)
British Novelists, 1890-1929: Modernists (36/1985)
British Novelists Between the Wars (191/1998)
British Novelists, 1930-1959, 2 parts (15/1983)
British Novelists Since 1960, 2 parts (14/1983)
British Novelists Since 1960, Second Series (194/1998)
British Novelists Since 1960, Third Series (207/1999)

Poets

Seventeenth-Century British Nondramatic Poets, First Series (121/1992)
Seventeenth-Century British Nondramatic Poets, Second Series (126/1993)
Seventeenth-Century British Nondramatic Poets, Third Series (131/1993)
Eighteenth-Century British Poets, First Series (95/1990)
Eighteenth-Century British Poets, Second Series (109/1991)
British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, First Series (93/1990)
British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, Second Series (96/1990)
Victorian Poets Before 1850 (32/1984)
Victorian Poets After 1850 (35/1985)
Victorian Women Poets (199/1999)
British Poets, 1880-1914 (19/1983)
British Poets, 1914-1945 (20/1983)
British Poets of the Great War: Brooke, Rosenberg, Thomas (216/1999)
Poets of Great Britian and Ireland 1945-1960 (27/1984)
Poets of Great Britian and Ireland Since 1960, 2 parts (40/1985)

Prose Writers

British Prose Writers of the Early Seventeenth Century (151/1995)
British Prose Writers, 1660-1800, First Series (101/1991)
British Prose Writers, 1660-1800, Second Series (104/1991)
British Romantic Prose Writers, 1789-1832, First Series (107/1991)
British Romantic Prose Writers, 1789-1832, Second Series (110/1991)
Victorian Prose Writers Before 1867 (55/1987)
Victorian Prose Writers After 1867 (57/1987)

Publishing Houses

British Literary Publishing Houses, 1820-1880 (106/1991)
British Literary Publishing Houses, 1881-1965 (112/1991)

Reform Writers

British Reform Writers, 1789-1832 (158/1995)
British Reform Writers, 1832-1914 (190/1998)

Science Fiction Writers

British Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers Before World War I (178/1997)

Short Fiction Writers

British Short-Fiction Writers, 1800-1880 (159/1996)
British Short-Fiction Writers, 1880-1914: The Romantic Tradition (156/1995)
British Short-Fiction Writers, 1880-1914: The Realist Tradition (135/1994)
British Short-Fiction Writers, 1915-1945 (162/1996)
British Short-Fiction Writers, 1945-1980 (139/1994)

Travel Writers

British Travel Writers, 1837-1875 (166/1996)
British Travel Writers, 1876-1909 (174/1997)
British Travel Writers, 1910-1939 (195/1998)
British Travel Writers, 1940-1997 (203/1999)




Fiction Writers
Austrian Fiction Writers, 1875-1913 (81/1989)
Austrian Fiction Writers After 1914 (85/1989)



Writers
Canadian Writers Before 1890 (99/1990)
Canadian Writers, 1890-1920 (92/1990)
Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, First Series (68/1988)
Canadian Writers, 1920-1959, Second Series (88/1989)
Canadian Writers Since 1960, First Series (53/1986)
Canadian Writers Since 1960, Second Series (60/1987)



Writers
Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, First Series (117/1992)
Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, Second Series (125/1993)
Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, Third Series (157/1995)


Danish
Writers
Twentieth-Century Danish Writers (214/1999)


Eastern European
Writers
Twentieth-Century Eastern European Writers, First Series (215/1999)
Twentieth-Century Eastern European Writers, Second Series (220/2000)



Fiction Writers
Nineteenth-Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism 1800-1860 (119/1992)
Nineteenth-Century French Fiction Writers: Naturalism and Beyond 1860-1900 (123/1992)

Dramatists

French Dramatists, 1789-1914 (192/1998)

Medieval Literature

Literature of the French and Occitan Middle Ages, Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries (208/1999)

Novelists

French Novelists, 1900-1930 (65/1988)
French Novelists, 1930-1960 (72/1988)
French Novelists Since 1960 (83/1989)

Poets

Nineteenth-Century French Poets (217/2000)


Writers
German Writers and Works of the Early Middle Ages: 800-1170 (148/1994)
German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages: 1170-1280 (138/1994)
German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation: 1280-1580 (179/1997)
German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660 (164/1996)
German Baroque Writers, 1661-1730 (168/1996)
German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm und Drang, 1720-1764 (97/1990)
German Writers in the Age of Goethe, 1789-1832 (90/1989)
German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism (94/1990)
Nineteenth-Century German Writers to 1840 (133/1993)
Nineteenth-Century German Writers, 1841-1900 (129/1993)

Fiction Writers

German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913, 2 parts (66/1988)
German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945 (56/1987)
Contemporary German Fiction Writers, First Series (69/1988)
Contemporary German Fiction Writers, Second Series (75/1988)

Dramatists

Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1889-1918 (118/1992)
Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1919-1992 (124/1992)



Novelists
Italian Novelists Since World War II (177/1997)
Italian Novelists Since World War II, 1965-1995 (196/1998)

Poets

Twentieth-Century Italian Poets, First Series (114/1992)
Twentieth-Century Italian Poets, Second Series (128/1993)



Japanese
Writers
Medieval Japanese Writers (203/1999)
Modern Japanese Writers Through World War II (180/1997)
Modern Japanese Writers Since World War II (182/1997)



Fiction Writers
Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers, First Series (113/1992)
Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers, Second Series (145/1994)



Writers/Literature
Early Modern Russian Writers, Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (150/1995)
Russian Literature in the Age of Pushkin and Gogol. Prose (198/1999)
Russian Literature in the Age of Pushkin and Gogol. Poetry and Drama (205/1999)



Writers
South Slavic Writers Before World War II (147/1994)
South Slavic Writers Since World War II (181/1997)



Poets
Twentieth-Century Spanish Poets, First Series (108/1991)
Twentieth-Century Spanish Poets, Second Series (134/1994)




Medieval Philosophers (115/1992)


Ancient Greek Authors (176/1997)
Ancient Roman Writers (211/1999)

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