Each volume concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement or genre. Entries are generously illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts and revised galley proofs, title pages, dust jackets and pictures from the authors lives. (Note: this series has been discontinued, however new Documentary volumes will be published periodically in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series.)
Each volume in this Documentary Series concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement, or genre. Individual author entries chronicle each writer's career through a selection of literary documents, including letters, notebook and diary entries, interviews and contemporary book reviews.