Auchincloss, Louis (1917- )

Pathfinder

June 1996

The following reference books can be used to get both biographical and critical information about authors. These sources should be used as a starting point--DO NOT base all of your research on material obtained from reference books. Use these sources to become better acquainted with your author; this will allow you to utilize more effectively the sources listed under COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY RESEARCH. These sources are located at the West Campus LRC; they may also be located at other local libraries.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Consult the following reference sources to get an overview of your author's life.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

REF PS 221 .D5

This multivolume biographical source is best accessed via the Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index (REF Z 1224 .C58)

Contemporary Authors

REF Z 1224 .C6

The various versions of this classic biographical source are all accessed via the Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index (REF Z 1224 .C58)

CRITICAL SOURCES

Consult the following reference sources to obtain critical analyses of your author and his/her work. The first sources listed will provide a more general critical analyses of your author, while the second set of sources will provide critical analyses of a more specific nature.

GENERAL CRITICISM

Critical Survey of Long Fiction

REF PN 3321 .C75

American Writers

REF PS 129 .A55

Contemporary Novelists

REF PR 883 .V55 1982

SPECIFIC CRITICISM

Contemporary Literary Criticism

REF PN 771 .C59

Look up specific literary titles in the separate title index.

Short Story Criticism

REF PN 3321 .S5

Look up specific short stories in the title index in the highest numbered volume.

Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism: Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

REF PS 221 .T834

Library opf Literary Criticism: Modern American Literature

REF PS 221 .C8

Masterplots II: American Fiction Series

REF PN 846 .M37

Beacham's Popular World Fiction

REF PN 3503 .P586 1987

COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY RESEARCH

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