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World Literature

LibGuide to World Lit resources at Sims Memorial Library.

Bibliographies & Biographies

Bibliographies

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
--3rd Floor Bound Serials and Reference Stacks-- P1 .M65 (1956-2001)

Biographies

African Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PL 8010 .A453 (2 vol)
Caribbean Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 849 .C3 C3
Contemporary World Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 51 .C6235
Cyclopedia of World Authors
--Reference Stacks-- PN 451 .M36
Dictionary of Literary Biography
--Reference Stacks-- PS 221 .D5 (300+ vol)
Dictionary of Russian Women Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PG 2997 .D53
European Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 501 .E9 (14 vol)
Larousse Dictionary of Writers
--Reference Stacks-- PN 141 .L 27
Literature Resource Center
-- Provides full-text of biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of the work of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

--Reference Stacks -- DA28. O95 2004  Online version