Dictionary of literary biography

Presents a documentary history of "The Great Gatsby," discussing the backgrounds and writing of the novel, examining its critical reception and reputation, and including biographical information about its author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Includes a cumulative index.

Contains illustrations, facsimiles, and biographical and critical source materials on the life and writings of detective novelist Raymond Chandler, and includes suggestions for further reading, and a cumulative index.

Profiles more than twenty significant African-American writers from the period 1940-55, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of thirty-three African-American writers active before the Harlem Renaissance; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.