List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English
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There are a large and ever growing number of biographical dictionaries of women writers. These works reflect the emergence of women's literature as a flourishing field of academic study over the past few decades. The genre also draws on a much older literary tradition of biographical collections of exemplary women.
This list includes biobibliographical dictionaries, in which biographical detail is provided alongside bibliographical information.
The dictionaries
Adelaide, Debra. Australian Women Writers: a bibliographical guide. Pandora Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0-86358-148-9
Bell, Maureen, et al., eds. A Biographical Dictionary of English Women Writers 1580–1720. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990.
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