< p>This 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. < I>Dictionary of Literary Biography< /I> provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.< p> < I>Dictionary 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.< P>For a listing of < I>Dictionary of Literary Biography< /I> volumes sorted by genre < a href = /pdf/facts/DBLvolbygenre.pdf >click here.< /a>