Biographical Sources
Print Sources
- Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye byPublication Date: 1996Print. .
- French Women Writers byPublication Date: 1991Print.
"...describes the lives and careers of fifty-two literary figures from the twelfth century to the late twentieth. All the contributors are recognized authorities. Some of their subjects, like Colette and George Sand, are celebrated, and others are just now gaining critical notice. From Christine de Pizan and Marguerite de Navarre to Rachilde and Hélène Cixous, from Louise Labe to Marguerite Duras—these women speak through the centuries to issues of gender, sexuality, and language." (publisher)
Online sources
- Dictionary of Literary Biography.An ongoing set of volumes designed to provide biographic, bibliographic and critical material on major writers of America and Great Britain as well as some writers of Canada, France and Germany. Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the writers covered. There are numerous portraits and often there are appendices containing special information. A list of further reading concludes each volume. An index to all volumes appears at the end of each latest volume. Individual author essays are available online through the Literature Resource Center, minus illustrations, photographs, and other visual material that appears in the printed volumes.
- Vol. 65: French novelists, 1900-1930 Vol. 72 French novelists, 1930-1960
- Vol. 83: French novelists since 1960
- Vol. 119: Nineteenth-century French fiction writers : romanticism and realism, 1800-1860
- Vol. 12: Nineteenth-century French fiction writers : naturalism and beyond, 1860-1900
- Vol. 192: French dramatists, 1789-1914
- Vol. 208: Literature of the French and Occitan Middle Ages : eleventh to fifteenth centuries
- Vol. 217: Nineteenth-century French poets
- Vol. 258: Modern French poets
- Vol. 268: Seventeenth-Century French writers
- Vols. 313 & 314: Writers of the French Enlightenment
- Vol. 321: Twentieth-century French dramatists
- Vol. 327: Sixteenth-century French writers
- Literature Resource Center (LRC)" LRC combines biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information to deliver a complete reference/resource package on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Centering on respected Gale sources, including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism, this data set is augmented with full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material illuminating an oeuvre or era. In partnership with Merriam-Webster, Inc., LRC offers the Encyclopedia of Literature including over 10,000 entries for authors, works, literary landmarks, literary and critical terms, mythological and folkloric figures, fictional characters, literary movements, and prizes. Partnering with Macmillan Library Reference, LRC offers The Scribner Writer Series, providing more than 1500 original biocritical essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods. And The Twayne Authors Series."