English 3: American Authors

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• A to Z of American Women Writers  810.99287 KOR
• African American Writers  810.989607 AFR
• American Writers (3 v.)  810.9 AME
• Authors & Artists for Young Adults (48 v.)  809 AUT
• Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography (6 v.)  810.092 CON
• Contemporary Novelists  809.3 CON
• Contemporary Popular Writers  809 CON
• Drama for Students  809.2 DRA
• Great American Writers of the Twentieth Century (13 v.)  810.9 GRE
• Hispanic American Writers  809.9868 HIS
• Hispanic Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors  860.998 HIS
• Literary Movements  809.91 LIT
• Literature & Its Times  809.93358 LIT
• Major Authors & Illustrators for Children & Young Adults  809 MAJ
• Major Modern Black American Writers  810.989607 MAJ
• Modern American Women Writers  810.99287 MOD
• Mystery & Suspense Writers  809.3363 MYS
• New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction  809.3 NEW
• Novels for Students (25 v.)  809.3 NOV
• Poetry for Students 809.1 POE
• Science Fiction Encyclopedia  809.3 SCI
• Short Story Writers  809.31 SHO
• Something About the Author: Autobiography Series (15 v.)  809.89282 SOM
• World Poets  809.1 WOR

Biographies

• American National Biography (24 v.)  920.073 AME
• Current Biography, 1940 - Present  920 CUR
• Encyclopedia of World Biography (30 v.)  920 ENC

• African American Writers  810.989607 AFR
• African American Literary Criticism  810.9896073  AFR
• Asian American Writers  810.9868 ASI
• Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography (6 v.)  810.092 CON
• Contemporary Literary Criticism [CLC] (32 v.)  809.04 CON
• Drama for Students  809.2 DRA
• Fantasy Tradition in American Literature  813.0 ATT
• Hispanic American Writers  810.9868 HIS
• Library of Literary Criticism  810.904 NYR
• Modern Black Writers  809.8896 MOD
• Modern American Literature (4 v.)  810.9005 MOD
• Native American Writers  810.9897 NAT
• Novels for Students (16 v.)  809.3 NOV
• Poetry for Students  809.1 POE
• World Literature Criticism (8 v.)  809 WOR

Search Terms/Strings (Use for Google or other search engine)

• Author's name
• Author's name criticism
• American literature history

Subject Headings or Keywords (Use for online catalog)

• Author's name (Last, First)
• American authors
• American literature criticism
• American literature history
• American fiction
• Literature criticism
• African American authors
• Women authors