Here is a convenient source of commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed poets, novelists, short story writers, dramatists and philosphers who died between 1800 and 1899. Recent and forthcoming entries cover Thomas Paine, Elizabeth Inchbald and Jose Marti. Every fourth volume is a Topics volume; recent subjects include Nineteenth-Century Native American Autobiography and the Irish Famine as Portrayed in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Cumulative title, author, nationality and topic indexes.