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Biography: Literary Biography

Evaluating Sources

Although librarians have carefully compiled these sources, there is no substitute for your own evaluation. Use the following guides to help you.

Search the Library Catalogue

You can often find out more about an author and his or her work by searching with person’s name (last name, first name) and criticism and interpretation as subject, e.g. tan amy and criticism and interpretation .

Examples of subjects in the library catalogue:

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[Note: We are working to improve access to our collections and revising our subject headings to be more respectful and inclusive. Please be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions in search results or library materials which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was created and may now be considered offensive.]

Browse for Reference Books in the Library

Gale Reference Collection, found in the Reference section, contain many literary biographies:

In Chilliwack          In Abbotsford           
  PN 41 Z925 Contemporary Authors New Revised
  PN 761 N56 Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism
  PN 1035 P635 Poetry Criticism
PN 3373 S56 PN 3373 S56 Short Story Criticism

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