Cyclopedia of World Authors Revised Edition Contributor(s): The Editors of Salem Press (Editor), Magill, Frank Northen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 158765122X ISBN-13: 9781587651229 Publisher: Salem Press OUR PRICE: $399.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2003 Annotation: Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition provides concise introductions to the lives and works of 2,408 authors from around the world and from antiquity to the present. The set profiles important novelists, short-story writers, playwrights, poets, screenwriters, lyricists, memoirists, essayists, biographers, critics, historians, and philosophers, as well as prominent figures in politics, the sciences, and the social sciences who wrote key works. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Reference - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2003017382 |
Physical Information: 10.25" H x 8.5" W x 10.5" (21.54 lbs) 5 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This reference provides concise introductions to the lives and works of approximately 2400 authors from around the world, from essayists to novelists to writers in all other genres. Many newly prominent authors covered include Michael Ondaatje, E. Annie Proulx, and J.K. Rowling. |