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English, Literature & Writing (UNH Durham)

This guide will help you locate resources for writing, and for the study of literature at UNH, including American literature, English literature, and Shakespeare.

Biographies

If you need help finding biographies, please contact Arts & Humanities Librarian Kathrine Aydelott or Ask A Librarian.

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres, including authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.

American National Biography
"portraits of more than 17,400 men & women... whose lives have shaped the nation."
Subjects who died before1995.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The "people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond." For people who died before 2012.

Arts & Humanities Librarian/Associate Professor

Kathrine C. Aydelott

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Dimond Library - 323A
University of New Hampshire
18 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824

Subjects: Art, Art History & Architecture, Cinema Studies, Classics, Cultural Area Studies (incl. American Studies), English, Literature & Writing, Gender Studies, Genealogy, History, History-American/United States, History-Genealogy, History-World, Humanities, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Theatre & Dance, Women's & Gender Studies

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