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Bibliography of
American Literature
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- The Bibliography of American Literature (9 vols, Yale University
Press, 1955-1991) is a bibliographic database which provides
nearly 40,000 citations of the literary works of approximately
300 American writers from the period of the Revolution to 1930.
- Most front and back matter, including title pages, dedications
acknowledgements, forewords, author listings, etc., has been
excluded. Explanatory matter relevant to the electronic version
of the data has been included in the Help file. In addition,
various other features have been retained:
- The preface, giving useful information on the scope of the
bibliography and the conventions used, as well as information
on bibliographical history.
- The list of bibliographic sources commonly referred to by
the editors in the entries.
- The lists of periodicals consulted and location symbols used.
- Illustrations of standard binding cloth grains.
- The list of authorial pseudonyms.
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