Australian writers, 1975-2000.0787681431 Australian writers, 1975-2000. Ed. by Selina Samuels. Thomson Gale (Thomson Gale, a Thomson Learning business, Farmington Hills, MI, www.gale.com). A leading information publishing company for libraries, schools and businesses. Thomson Gale was formed in 1998 as a merger of Gale Research, Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, three Thomson 2006 484 pages $225.00 Hardcover Dictionary of literary biography The Dictionary of Literary Biography (abbreviated DLB) is a monumental 338-volume encyclopedia published by Thomson-Gale. It is available both in print and online. The biographical material covered extends beyond novelists to include screenwriters, poets, and playwrights. ; v.325 PR9609 This fourth and final volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography's series on the literary historiography historiography Writing of history, especially that based on the critical examination of sources and the synthesis of chosen particulars from those sources into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods. of Australia covers writers who published their first major work after 1975 and before 2000. The authors are poets and dramatists for television and film, as well as writers of fiction and nonfiction. Each entry includes a list of publications by and about the author, a list of interviews, and a brief but detailed review of the author's life and work. In addition to photographs of the writers, the text includes reproductions of their drawings and paintings, and the dust jackets dust jacket n. 1. A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book. Also called dust cover. 2. A cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged. of many of the works. Samuels (Lewisham, New South Wales Lewisham is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council. The postcode is 2049. ) introduces the biographies with an overview of themes and trends in the literature of the period. The text contains a cumulative index and a list of suggested further reading. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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