David Anton Randall, 1905-1975

David Anton Randall, 1905-1975
Author: David Anton Randall
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1992
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780810826243

Randall (1905-1975) was a book dealer and a rare book librarian. Keller describes those careers in this book and provides a generous sampling of Randall's writing on rare books, book collecting, and bibliography.

American Novelists Since World War II.

American Novelists Since World War II.
Author: James Richard Giles
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

pThis award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. IDictionary of Literary Biography /I provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. p IDictionary of Literary Biography /I systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. PFor a listing of IDictionary of Literary Biography /I volumes sorted by genre a href ="/pdf/facts/DBLvolbygenre.pdf"click here. /a

South Slavic Writers Since World War II

South Slavic Writers Since World War II
Author: Vasa D. Mihailovich
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An eclectic view of the book and manuscript collecting and bibliographical activity during nineteenth century Britain is presented. Subjects range from the wealthy, bibliographically knowledgeable members of the aristocrats to others who impoverished themselves and their families in their obsession. Discusses how these collections were instrumental in the advocacy of the public library movement.

British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1960

British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1960
Author: Gina Macdonald
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Spans much of the modern history of the mystery genre and, along with it, many of the political and social changes from the classical detective story, the World War II spy story, and the Cold War thriller to postmodern detective and spy adventures and the politics of terrorism and confrontation of the twenty-first century.

Twentieth-century European Cultural Theorists

Twentieth-century European Cultural Theorists
Author: Paul Hansom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2001
Genre: Critics
ISBN:

Presents biographies of the men and women who wrestled with the complex theoretical problems of twentieth-century culture. Many of the theorists treated in this volume are concerned with the effects of mass culture, technology, and consumerism.

Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler
Author: Robert F. Moss
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Chronicles the career of Raymond Chandler from an aspiring man of letters in London to a professional novelist and literary celebrity who achieved commercial success and established an enduring reputation as a great American novelist. His novels are works of perceptive social realism that capture and interpret American life between 1939 and 1959. He wrote seven of the best novels in the American hard-boiled tradition, as well as lyrical and evocative prose.

British Novelists Since 1960

British Novelists Since 1960
Author: Merritt Moseley
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Contains biographical sketches of representative British novelists whose work began to appear roughly around 1960.

Canadian Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers

Canadian Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers
Author: Douglas Ivison
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Essays on the writers and works of Canadian fantasy and science-fiction that have made this genre an important component of Canadian literature, one that must be considered by Canadian literary scholars. Documents the rapid development of Canadian fantasy and science-fiction from the early 1980s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.