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William Beckford

William Beckford (1760-1844) is most commonly known for his works in literature, but he was also a politician and collector and patron of the arts. Beckford, who was raised in London, inherited a large fortune at the age of ten which included several sugar plantations in Jamaica and land at Fonthill in Wiltshire. He wo....[more]

Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Political Science, Social Science

Born November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Canada, Margaret Atwood spent her early years in the northern Quebec wilderness. Settling in Toronto in 1946, she continued to spend summers in the northern woods. This experience provided much of the thematic material for her verse. Atwood began her writing career as a poet, short st....[more]

Joyce Carol Oates

Art, Biography & Autobiography, Drama, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Pets, Poetry, Psychology, Sports & Recreation

Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938 in Upstate, New York. She attended Syracuse University and graduated as Valedictorian. She then attended University of Wisconsin where she earned an M. A. By the time she was 47 years old, she had published at least that many separate books, including 16 full-length novels and more th....[more]

Mike Ashley

Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, History, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Criticism

Paul Atterbury

Antiques & Collectibles, Art, Literary Criticism

Paula R. Backscheider

Literary Criticism, Poetry

Philip Barnard

Fiction, Literary Criticism

Anthea Bell

Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, History, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism

Anthea Bell was born in Suffolk, was educated at Somerville College, Oxford, and has worked as a translator for a number of years, primarily from German and French. Her translations include works of non-fiction, literary and popular fiction, and books for young people including classic German works by the Brothers Grim....[more]

Everett F. Bleiler

Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

Harold Bloom

Biography & Autobiography, Drama, Fiction, History, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Poetry, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

Harold Bloom, July 11, 1930 - Harold Bloom was born on July 11, 1930 in New York City. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell in 1951 and his Doctorate from Yale in 1955. After graduating from Yale, Bloom remained there as a teacher, and was made Sterling Professor of Humanities in 1983. Bloom's theories have chan....[more]

Jessica Bomarito

Literary Criticism

Ray B. Browne

Fiction, Literary Criticism, Social Science

Ray Browne was born in Millport, Alabama, in 1922, and was educated at the University of Alabama, Columbia University, and the University of California at Los Angeles. As founder of the Popular Culture Association (1970) and of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green University, he is one of the most importa....[more]